Tag: Department of Home Affairs

Gig Guide: ATO veteran tapped to lead APSC

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Jacqui Curtis, the Australian Taxation Office’s long-time chief operating officer, has been named the next Australian Public Service Commissioner and will begin her five-year term in June. Ms Curtis,...

Govt data drag threatens security, productivity, research finds

Posted on   |  by David Allen
A scattershot approach to data management in federal agencies is harming productivity, increasing cyber risks and could disrupt the output of the government’s upcoming artificial intelligence tools, new research...

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...

Innovation visa off to slow start as tech dominates first year

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia filled only a fraction of places available under its flagship innovation visa scheme in its first year, with tech workers accounting for the overwhelming majority of invitations. Official...

National gun register stalls as states’ paper trail frustrates

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Uncertainty remains around delivery of the long-promised National Firearms Register (NFR), a Senate committee has been told, with most states and territories still struggling to transition from paper record-keeping...

Home Affairs to merge tech functions into single group

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The Department of Home Affairs is creating a new deputy secretary-level group to centralise its fragmented data and technology functions and boost its AI capabilities. The new Technology, Data...

Home Affairs inks 10-year CDC Data Centres deal

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The federal government’s largest data centre services provider, CDC Data Centres, will maintain its relationship with the Department of Home Affairs for at least another decade after securing a...

Home Affairs opens up APIs to communicate with industry

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australian businesses conducting trade overseas will now be able to communicate with the government legacy systems using APIs, as the effort to streamline regulatory systems gets off the ground....