Tag: Digital Transformation Agency

APS AI use faces tighter controls under updated policy

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Federal agencies will have 12 months to put in place protocols that mandate risk assessments for new AI deployments and bolster oversight with another layer of accountability. That’s according...

Gig Guide: New NDIA chief joins from NSW govt

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
NSW Department of Customer Service secretary Graeme Head will take the helm of the National Disability Insurance Agency following a national search. Mr Head, who begins his three-year term...

Tech mega-deals face shake-up as some fail to deliver value

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Finance minister Katy Gallagher says the federal government will continue single-sourcing arrangements with tech giants “where they deliver value”, but that some of the deals are falling short. She...

AWS’ feds contract doubles to $342m months after expiry

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Digital Transformation Agency has nearly doubled the reported cost of its previous whole-of-government cloud contract with Amazon Web Services months after it ended and was replaced with a...

DTA issues new guidance to boost AI adoption

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Federal public servants have been given the green light to feed routine operational information into public generative artificial intelligence tools, in a move designed to encourage broader adoption of...

DTA procurement reforms fall short in follow-up audit

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Digital Transformation Agency continues to struggle to meet its obligations under the Commonwealth Procurement Rules, three years after it was first pulled up for widespread non-compliance. A follow-up...

Canberra moves to break Microsoft reseller’s grip

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government’s exclusive Microsoft licensing agreement with Data#3 is being market tested for the first time in eight years, potentially ending the reseller’s almost 20-year stranglehold on Canberra....

DTA flags AI ‘PoC hell’ as emerging APS risk

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Federal government agencies may have barely scratched the surface with artificial intelligence, but those that have are increasingly finding themselves trapped in a cycle of endless proof of concept...

Canberra urged to re-examine digital government fund

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia has been urged by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development to set up one or more investment funds to scale up digital government projects and help de-risk...