Government Services minister Bill Shorten on Thursday warned of “corruption” when ordering a review of the government contracts linked to a lobbying and consulting firm that allegedly received secret...
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The Digital Transformation Agency is conducting a review of all “significant” past procurements in the wake of a damning audit that uncovered widespread failings with its buying practices. The...
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The Industry department is preparing to settle compensation claims with multiple unsuccessful tenderers from the Coalition government’s flagship industry program because of an error-riddled procurement process that favoured certain...
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Digital Transformation Agency chief Chris Fechner will steer the Australia Public Service’s central digital capability building program after being appointed the new head of the Digital Profession. Mr Fechner...
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The key transparency component of the $66 million federal parliamentarian expense system has been suspended after a budget blowout and missed milestones. The new government has referred the project...
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A proposed in-house consulting service for the Australian Public Service looks likely to be modelled on similar hubs introduced overseas that have produced encouraging early results. Finance minister Katy...
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Lighthouse logbooks and photographs of Darwin after tropical cyclone Tracy were among 850,000 at-risk records digitised by the National Archives last year after securing lifeline federal funding from the...
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A Microsoft licensing contract worth $56 million was not publicly disclosed by the New South Wales Department of Education for more than three years due to an administrative oversight...
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Australia’s innovation sector is stronger than ever but isn’t being matched by an appetite to innovate within government, according to former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who on Friday said...
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Four out of five individuals that participated in the InnovationAus.com 2022 Government Procurement Survey believe the process of selling technology to the federal government remains complex, difficult and slow....
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Australia’s privacy and information watchdog failed to meet key performance criteria around freedom of information and privacy investigations, as its workload jumped and staff attrition rate doubled the public...
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It is perhaps not widely known that every courtroom in the country is almost always open to the public. Whether it is hearing a murder trial, a fraud case,...
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The federal government has launched an independent review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme that seeks to improve outcomes for people with disability while putting in place a sustainable...
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300 data and digital training and employment opportunities will be offered in four regional cities from next year under a continuation of a Morrison-era program by the Labor government,...