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Audit office to review govt tech misfires

Two of the federal government’s most high-profile technology misfires of the past year, Defence’s myClearance vetting system and Parliament’s expenses management system, are to be examined by the Australia’s...

What exactly should we learn from the PwC scandal?

Posted on   |  by David Havyatt
Anyone interested in public policy, including innovation and technology policy, must be interested in what we can call ‘the PwC scandal’. And there are three aspects to the scandal...

GovERP reprofiled, $60m in funds deferred after delays

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government’s massive enterprise resource planning system overhaul has been “reprofiled”, with $60 million in funding destined for the technology project deferred until next financial year. Officials from...

Why the government won’t ban PwC from federal work

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Embattled global consulting firm PwC won’t be banned outright from federal work by the Albanese government, which insists the scandal is not a procurement issue and its response is...

Top bureaucrats mull NSW-like digital fund for Canberra

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A panel of Canberra’s most senior bureaucrats are weighing an investment vehicle modelled on the New South Wales government’s Digital Restart Fund to support federal digital projects outside of...

EY’s GovERP work grows $43m in five months

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Ernst & Young will be paid another $7.2 million over the next three months to ramp up work on the federal government’s enterprise resource planning system less than three...

GovERP faces summer slowdown as SAP build enters new phase

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Work on the federal government’s massive enterprise resource planning system overhaul will be drastically cut back over the next two months, as the late-running multi-million-dollar project enters a new...