Tag: Digital Transformation Agency

Dozens of agencies miss major AI transparency deadline

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Almost forty per cent of federal government agencies duty-bound to produce an AI transparency statement have missed the February filing deadline, in a blow to Canberra’s efforts to build...

Failings trigger call to break up govt’s tech work

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Large government technology projects should be broken up into smaller bundles of work and delivered in an agile way with sustainment and upgrade funding factored in from the start,...

One and done: No plans for future across govt AI trials

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Digital Transformation Agency has ruled out future cross-government trials of generative AI products just months after more than 7,600 public servants tested Microsoft Copilot. The decision, which puts...

DTA extends two IT mega-deals ahead of review

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Two federal government technology mega-deals have been extended for another year, even as the Digital Transformation Agency prepares to review the single-sourcing arrangements. Microsoft and enterprise software support player...

Canberra’s IBM deal nears $1.2bn after just two years

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
IBM’s whole-of-government sourcing deal with the federal government has shot past the $1 billion mark in less than two years, far exceeding the initial $725 million expectation with three...

DTA procurement review looks to ‘level playing field’

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A strategic review of whole-of-government technology sourcing arrangements will look at options to boost procurement from local small and medium-sized businesses, according to Finance minister Katy Gallagher. Senator Gallagher...

Unlocking public sector success after GovERP

Posted on   |  by Aleksandar Vranesevic
Public sector organisations increasingly rely on enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems as a unified platform to streamline business processes across finance, human resources, procurement and asset management. While ERP...

DTA resisters pique Cabinet committee interest

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Federal agencies that go rogue and defy whole-of-government digital policies and standards are attracting the attention of the powerful Expenditure Review Committee of Cabinet. Finance minister Katy Gallagher on...