Oracle has been cleared to host sensitive and whole-of-government data on its physically isolated cloud in Canberra, making it the only cloud player to have been certified twice under...
Public Sector
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A handful of federal agencies have begun drawing up plans to replace their enterprise resource planning systems in the wake of the government’s disastrous $340 million GovERP project. As...
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A strategic review of whole-of-government technology sourcing arrangements will look at options to boost procurement from local small and medium-sized businesses, according to Finance minister Katy Gallagher. Senator Gallagher...
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The federal government’s $100 billion procurement system will for the first time include guidance on outcomes-based options next year in response to value for money struggles and an opportunity...
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Governments must learn to “ride the wave” of artificial intelligence, according to NSW digital minister Jihad Dib, who has talked up the huge productivity benefits the technology presents. Speaking...
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The privacy and information watchdog has slashed dozens of staff in response to a 23 per cent budget cut by government and a review by management consultants, sparking fears...
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A “scary” level of legacy tech debt is building in governments across the country as ministers put off costly upgrades to frontline systems trusted by thousands of public servants....
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NSW public servants have been given the green light to look past off-the-shelf technology and pursue more innovative solutions in new guidance that makes it easier for agencies to...
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Billions of dollars worth of sourcing agreements with the likes of IBM, Microsoft and SAP will be reviewed by the federal government, as it considers shifting the deals to...
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The lone technology supplier for the national health record system “captured” the government agency responsible for it in an arrangement that is taking years to unpick but could be...
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Tech services giants Accenture and Deloitte are running key parts of the Bureau of Meteorology’s new forecasting technology, leveraging their original deals to build the platforms into $27 million...
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The Industry department has reopened its investigation of a procurement scandal involving its defunct $484 million innovation program after the matter was passed back to it by federal police...
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The Employment department has conceded its automated messages telling jobseekers to work around a government tech issue or risk losing their payments was wrong and has updated the message....
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The federal government’s overhaul of aged care technology was poorly planned and beset by delays as consultants and foreign software vendors were handed more than half a billion dollars....