Tag: Digital Transformation Agency

BCG gets another $300k pay rise from DTA

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Digital Transformation Agency has handed Boston Consulting Group a further $300,000 for six weeks’ work on helping design government tech investment policy and governance. The global consultancy firm...

DTA Marketplace did not follow rules: Audit

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Digital Transformation Agency did not follow procurement rules when establishing its Digital Marketplace and the processes behind it are “still not robust”, according to the national audit office....

Strange times at ANU and a COVIDSafe gag

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Australian National University has admitted the academic freedom of one of its staff may have been jeopardised after she was removed from a panel discussion on COVIDSafe which...

DTA boosts COVID digital comms team

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Digital Transformation Agency is expanding its COVID-19 response team as part of a wave of new hirings for the government’s digital office, which has battled high levels of...

DTA seeks new contractors for COVIDSafe

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
More private contractors are set to be brought in to help further develop the federal government’s COVIDSafe contact tracing app, which successfully identified a new close contact for the...

Digital ID delays as awareness campaign looms

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government’s plan to integrate its $200 million digital identity with the myGov service platform has been delayed, even as the Digital Transformation Agency prepares an awareness campaign for...

DTA consultant costs up 5x in a year

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The dollar value of contracts awarded by the Digital Transformation Agency to tier one management consultants has increased by nearly five times in the financial year since it was...

BCG gets another COVIDSafe contract

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Boston Consulting Group has now been paid more than $1 million for its work on the COVIDSafe app after receiving another contract extension, with the contact tracing app still...

DTA battles huge staff turnover issue

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The continued high level of staff turnover at the Digital Transformation Agency is “very alarming” according to the Opposition, with the agency experiencing near-100 per cent turnover in the...