Tag: Digital Transformation Agency

Cyber, DTA still up in the air

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The reporting lines for key components of the Australian Government cyber security infrastructure remains unsettled following last week’s change of Prime Minister, while the fate of the Digital Transformation...

Gavin Slater takes Nimble new gig

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Former Digital Transformation Agency chief Gavin Slater has joined established FinTech startup Nimble Australia as CEO with plans broaden the company’s product ranges and customer base, and to apply...

Turnover: DTA loses 340 staff

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Staff turnover at the Digital Transformation Agency has been raised as an issue as it revealed 340 staff had left the agency over an 18 months period – at...

Is GovPass right for digital ID?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
For several years, the DTA has been working on getting its version of digital identity right. When it goes into public beta later this year, the Trusted Digital Identity...

IBM deal is an absolute shocker

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A year ago, a federal ICT Procurement Taskforce recommended that individual contracts with suppliers last no longer than three years and carry a maximum value of $100 million. The...

Tech wrecks: A dissenting view

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Government members of the Senate committee investigating digital service delivery in government have written a robust and lengthy dissenting report defending the Commonwealth’s tech performance. The stark difference in...

Back to the future for the DTA

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The resignation of Digital Transformation Agency chief Gavin Slater highlights the curiously circular thinking behind government’s ambitions to deliver better digital services to the Australian people. That thinking has...

Gavin Slater says bye to DTA

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Gavin Slater will step down as the chief executive of the Digital Transformation Agency at end of the month. Mr Slater, a Melbournian, has had to face the challenges...

PM requests DTA blockchain project

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull personally asked the Digital Transformation Agency to investigate the potential to provide government services on the blockchain, with welfare payments the first to be tested....