Tag: Digital Transformation Agency

Agency cuts lead to tech outsourcing fears

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The key agencies tasked with delivering the government’s billion-dollar digital spend are facing staffing and funding cuts, leading to concerns the funding will flow straight to private contractors and...

Digital focus, but DTA gets a budget haircut

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Morrison government’s second pandemic budget contained plenty of red meat for the tech industry through its $1.2 billion digital economy strategy initiatives. But despite this focus, the Digital...

DTA’s new whole-of-government mandate in PM&C

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Digital Transformation Agency has a whole-of-government approach to data and digital policies in its new home in PM&C, employment minister Stuart Robert says. Despite his new role in...

Govt ‘permissions capability’ project behind schedule

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government is still yet to choose which large US tech firm will be handed a significant contract to develop a “permissions capability” which will first handle visa...

Industry welcomes DTA’s central agency move

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government’s back-to-the-future decision to move the Digital Transformation Agency into the Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet is a good outcome for the sector and for progress in...

DTA shifted to employment minister

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Digital Transformation Agency has been returned to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet less than two years after being moved to the Social Services portfolio, but the...

Delays cloud transparency over govt tech spending

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
There is a significant lack of transparency around the unprecedented jump in government IT investment, with ongoing delays to an “urgent” internal audit and a year long freeze of...

‘A whole new level of concern’ on myGov secrecy

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The public sector union has slammed government secrecy in relation to the redevelopment of the myGov platform, saying the public has the right to know who is completing this...

Industry groups welcome new tech ministers

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Industry and professional groups are confident the local technology sector will not be lost in Monday’s cabinet reshuffle, which saw Karen Andrews elevated from the Industry portfolio to Home...