Tag: ANAO

Health department’s software SNAFU laid bare

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal Health department has been locked in a year-and-a-half long legal battle over whether it owns software developed by subcontractors, after the consultancy that sat in the middle...

Procurement advisers cash in on ATO technology uplift

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Half a dozen external procurement advisers were paid $88 million to assist the tax office with sourcing its major IT managed services, after the deals blew out more than...

Defence industry seeks change after tough ANAO review

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A scathing Auditor General’s report into maximising Australian industry participation in Defence procurement contracts has drawn mixed reaction from local industry, which called for changes to the way Defence...

Federal auditor eyes a review of $22.7bn Future Made plan

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The national auditor is contemplating a review of the federal government’s $22.7 billion Future Made in Australia plan, more than half of which is earmarked for critical minerals and...

ATO building AI models without specific governance policies

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Australian Taxation Office is building and deploying AI models in-house without centralised policies and guidance for public servants, exposing it to legal and ethical risks, the auditor-general has...

Audit office clears king-sized cost of PsiQuantum legal fees

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The national auditor has cleared a multi-million dollar blowout on legal advice for the federal government’s investment in Californian quantum startup PsiQuantum, concluding that the key due diligence contract...

AI policies still missing at 20 federal agencies

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Almost two dozen federal government agencies using artificial intelligence were without internal policies governing its use last year, and more than 40 had no assurance arrangements in place, an...

Muddied mixing, messaging plagued Defence vetting tech

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Bureaucratic and technical jargon obscured critical risks to Defence’s troubled clearance system from top brass and ministers, while contractors were able to influence the direction of outsourced work. That’s...