The NSW government procurement lead was tepid on Wednesday about whether a systematised response is needed to new warnings that consultants are operating unchecked across the state government.
The audit office last month found 40 per cent of NSW agencies had made no formal evaluation of consultants’ performance and often skipped assessing if the consultants were even needed in the first place.
Errors in reporting consulting expenditure had also hidden …
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