The Department of Finance has launched a tool to track labour hire staff and management consultants across government, promising a new layer of integrity after a sprawl of temporary...
Public Sector
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The federal government has completed its investigation into whether Big Four consulting giant PwC should be allowed to resume bidding for new Commonwealth work in the wake of the...
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A number of drones will be housed near major traffic hotspots in Sydney and controlled by pilots more than 50km away in an Australian-first aiming to improve responses to...
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Home Affairs has renewed its deal with US tech giant Pegasystems for case management software for another year, at a cost of more than $3 million. The Massachusetts-based Pegasystems,...
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The Australian tax office has locked itself into a deal with Uber for three years in a contract for ride services worth an estimated $2 million. The Australian Taxation...
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Salesforce has landed another federal government contract, this time securing a $3.2 million deal with the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) as part of a Deloitte-led project for a...
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Victoria Police has signed a mammoth new tech outsourcing deal with two IT firms as the organisation continues a five-year digital transformation journey. The contract with DXC Technology and...
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Global consulting giant McKinsey will be paid more than $1.5 million over three months to help Services Australia ensure it has the “right building blocks in place” for its...
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The federal Finance department has given itself another two weeks to decide whether to let embattled consulting giant PwC resume bidding for Commonwealth government work in Canberra. PwC Australia...
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Australia’s largest urban renewal project, Fishermans Bend, will take five years longer than first anticipated, with many medium and long-term projects deferred or delayed, the state’s auditor-general has found....
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Cyber Security NSW will receive $87.7 million over the next four years, securing its place as the state’s cybersecurity agency as work on a plan to lift cyber maturity...
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The New South Wales government will expand its enterprise resources planning system consolidation across government, providing $160 million in Tuesday’s Budget for the work program. The new funding package...
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Microsoft’s whole of government sourcing arrangement is set to cost Canberra at least $258 million over the next 12 months, foreshadowing a massive uptick in demand for cloud services...
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UK public servants saved an average of 26 minutes each day using Microsoft’s generative AI tool during a large-scale trial last year – less than half the time Australians...