Tag: DFAT

DFAT hands BCG $90m for development assistance program

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Boston Consulting Group has landed a $90 million contract to deliver a federal government development assistance program that aims to uplift Vietnam’s climate tech and digitalisation capabilities. The Aus4Growth...

Canberra’s anti-GovERP uplift gets underway

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A handful of federal agencies have begun drawing up plans to replace their enterprise resource planning systems in the wake of the government’s disastrous $340 million GovERP project. As...

Panel beaters: Audit lays bare Digital Marketplace misuse

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Canberra’s $15 billion tech panel is being routinely exploited by officials, who use it as a veneer of competition when handing hundreds of millions of dollars to their preferred...

DFAT officials, contractors investigated over dodgy deals

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Investigations have been launched into more than a dozen officials and contractors at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Australian Passport Office over its cowboy procurements. The probes...

Govt backs cyber skills push into Pacific

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian cyber skills will be deployed in a two month blitz across Papua New Guinea and Fiji in the federal government’s latest effort to build resilience across the Pacific...

DFAT switches IT support services to Unisys

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has switched providers for its IT support service, moving from long-term supplier NEC and its lucrative $55 million contract to a new...

CSIRO, Google team for blue carbon AI project

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A new research project between national science agency the CSIRO and Google will seek to better understand blue carbon ecosystems in the Indo-Pacific and Australia through the use of...

Details are scarce on Australia-UK critical technology deals

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
State and federal governments have declined to disclose details of recently signed international agreements purported to boost emerging industries and cross border trade with the United Kingdom. Last week,...