Tag: Digital Transformation Agency

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Centrelink fail won’t go away

The Digital Transformation Agency had been missing in action throughout the Centrelink debt recovery debacle calling into question its purpose in government, according to shadow minister for the digital...

When ex-CDO’s go postal: Shetler

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The high error rate of Centrelink’s automated debt recovery operation is “catastrophic”, “shocking”, “appalling” and “extremely preventable,” according to the Turnbull Government’s former digital transformation tsar Paul Shetler. And...

Scrooge is clearly an ATO tech guy

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
The ATO has moved to absolve itself of any deficiency in IT operations management skills after ruining Christmas for the nation’s tax accountants with an unprecedented three day outage....

DTA’s Paul Shetler resigns

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The man hand-picked by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to lead the digital transformation of the Australian Government, Paul Shetler, has resigned. Mr Shetler, who was hired as the chief executive...

MacGibbon on DTA’s security role

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The recently powered-up Digital Transformation Agency could be given stronger powers of governance over cyber security in federal tech projects in the wake of the infamous ABS Census night...

Taylor’s boost for local tech SMEs

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There is a massive prize for small Australian tech businesses through changes to Commonwealth ICT procurement being wrought by the Assistant Minister for the Digital Transformation and Cities Angus Taylor....

NSW now leads the way on digital

Posted on   |  by Graeme Philipson
After years as a technology also-ran among state governments, New South Wales is suddenly Australia’s most advanced on ICT strategy, and is showing the way in important areas like...

Taylor flags tech regime change

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Senior public servants with concerns about how Angus Taylor’s new tech procurement plans will impact their run-of-business ICT operations should know more in the two weeks with the release...

Digital market will land opportunity

Posted on   |  by Beverley Head
Australia could benefit from closer digital relationships with English-speaking democracies according to Paul Shetler, chief digital officer at the Digital Transformation Agency. Sharing code and ideas among countries like...

Alexander to lead new DTA unit

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Respected former Treasury CIO Peter Alexander is to be appointed to lead the Digital Transformation Agency’s powerful new whole-of-government ICT program management office, based in Canberra. The appointment returns...
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