Tag: Digital Transformation Agency

Three tech giants shortlisted for visa platform job

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Three US tech giants have been shortlisted by the government to have another go at developing its new “permissions capability” platform to handle visa processing, after a botched first...

DTA deal with SAP has grown to $315m

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Digital Transformation Agency has renewed its whole-of-government deal with German tech giant SAP, which is now worth $315 million. Last week the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) confirmed it...

DTA spends $20m on contractors this financial year

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Digital Transformation Agency has entered contracts worth more than $20 million with recruiters and HR firms for temporary staff in the current financial year alone, with ongoing concerns...

DTA’s spruiking of Digital ID is unhelpful

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s digital identity program should be “abandoned and redesigned from scratch” according to researchers who last year discovered a significant flaw in the system’s design. The Digital...

Deloitte lands new $4.5m contract for myGov work

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has handed Deloitte a contract worth $4.5 million for further work on the new myGov platform, bringing the consulting giant’s total bill for the project to...

$3.5m for DTA’s digital ID charge model

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A number of consultants will share in more than $3.5 million across just six months to develop a charging model for the federal government’s digital identity scheme, which will...

Deloitte lands DTA cloud transition contracts

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Five government departments and agencies have signed on to the Digital Transformation Agency’s cloud-transition program, with consulting giant Deloitte paid $600,000 for its brief work on the project. Led...

Tech progress in last week of Parliament

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A significant restructuring of the popular export market development grant program has passed Parliament, while a number of major tech-related pieces of legislation will remain there over summer. Changes...

Deloitte’s myGov beta work quietly tops $30m

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government has quietly handed Deloitte a further $1.2 million for work on the myGov beta to cover an additional two months’ work, with the consulting giant now having...