Tag: APS

Govt ‘wilfully blind’ on public sector labour hire

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal opposition has accused the government of being “wilfully blind” to the use of labour hire within the public service, amid growing concerns about the over reliance on...

‘Urgent’ investment in APS tech staff needed

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government must make an “urgent investment” in Australian public service staff to avoid any more government technology “failures” like robodebt, COVIDSafe and the 2016 census outage, a...

More contractors than staff in govt IT roles

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
There are more temporary contract workers involved in government technology projects than full-time Australian Public Service staff, with some large agencies using more than four times as many tech...

Delays cloud transparency over govt tech spending

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
There is a significant lack of transparency around the unprecedented jump in government IT investment, with ongoing delays to an “urgent” internal audit and a year long freeze of...

PwC to run APS digital skills comms campaign

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Accounting giant PwC has won a contract to run a communications campaign to improve awareness and membership of the federal government’s public sector digital skills scheme. The Digital Transformation...

Funding issues put Archives’ records at risk

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Digital information held by the National Archives of Australia will “likely” be lost without upgrades to its ICT and digital capabilities, the agency has warned. In a submission to...

On govt tech outsourcing and tax obligations

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Greater scrutiny of historical tax behaviour of tech giants should be considered by governments when awarding IT contracts, according to corporate tax experts who argue giving the work to...

APS staff caps under a spotlight

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The increased reliance on outside consultants by the Digital Transformation Agency is leading to a loss of jobs and expertise in the public service, according to federal Labor. Shadow...
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