Tag: digital restart fund

NSW Digital Restart Fund ‘fractured’ service design

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The NSW Digital Restart Fund has led to “fractured thinking” in service design that is opening the possibility of more Robodebt style disasters in public administration, the state’s information...

NSW plots new trials for stalled digital ID

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Further pilots of New South Wales’ decentralised digital identity system are “imminent”, with the state’s government service delivery agency expected to undertake at least one trial before the end...

Cheesecake bridges: Why govt tech funding needs a rethink

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Around one in every 10 dollars spent by the Commonwealth goes to technology. The massive commitment is justified, senior bureaucrats overseeing projects like digital identity say, but how the...

NSW Digital Restart Fund limps on for another year

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The New South Wales government’s Digital Restart Fund is on track to run dry at the end of this financial year, after the Minns government chose not to top...

South Australia launches $200m govt digital fund

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The South Australian government will create a $200 million Digital Investment Fund to deliver “targeted” upgrades to public sector technology platforms and cybersecurity in collaboration with industry. Treasurer Stephen...

Gallagher pressed to adopt NSW-like digital fund

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A New South Wales-like digital government fund for Canberra is firming, with the Albanese government considering a mechanism to support projects outside of the ordinary budget cycle as part...

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...

NSW Coalition taps digital fund for election pledges

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The New South Wales Coalition will siphon money from the state’s already diminished Digital Restart Fund to pay for the technology underpinning its election policies if re-elected on the...