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DTA’s Paul Shetler resigns

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...

Inter-govt talks on digital identity

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The New South Wales Government is in serious talks with the Commonwealth to have its MyServiceNSW identity management infrastructure co-opted by the Australian Government. The move would allow ServiceNSW’s...

Executive orders reveal new DTA

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
Tectonic plates are shifting inside Canberra’s ICT bureaucracy as the new Digital Transformation Agency ingests large chunks of the Finance Department and metamorphoses into a tech super agency. The...

New detail on ICT procurement

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Updated: Angus Taylor has outlined new details of the Commonwealth’s overhaul of its $5.6 billion annual ICT spend and committed to publishing a discussion paper on the changes from the...