Tag: Department of Finance

Gig Guide: Monash locks in quantum luminary as research lead

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Monash University has secured one of Australia’s top quantum minds, appointing Muhammad Usman to lead its faculty of information technology’s quantum research. Dr Usman founded the quantum computing research...

Mandarins to carry the can for contract blowouts

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Senior public servants will be required to sign off on amendments that significantly change the value or scope of government contracts under new procurement rules set to arrive next...

Gig Guide: KPMG braces for backlash as Yates waves bye-bye

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Andrew Yates has resigned as chief executive of KPMG Australia after months of scrutiny over the consultancy giant’s handling of whistleblower allegations it misused confidential data. Mr Yates and...

Canberra moves on digital credentials trust framework

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government has begun laying the groundwork to eventually allow people to carry credentials like driver’s licences and Medicare cards in the digital wallet of their choosing, including...

Canberra puts blended GovAI assistant to test in first trial

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A cocktail of models from OpenAI, Anthropic and French AI startup Mistral are serving up answers to federal public servants through an early-stage trial of the Albanese government’s generative...

Suppliers face strict new AI rules in procurement shake-up

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Companies bidding for federal government contracts will soon have to disclose any planned use of artificial intelligence and take responsibility for its output, under new procurement rules set to...

Finance returns to SAP for post-GovERP upgrade

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Department of Finance has settled on German software giant SAP for its future enterprise resource planning system, returning to the same technology that underpinned the failed GovERP program....