Tag: DTA

AWS contracts near $300m after federal mega-deal

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Federal government agencies have struck contracts worth almost $300 million with Amazon Web Services following the arrival of the renegotiated whole of government agreement. Amid transparency concerns over the...

News Wrap: Tim Ayres is off to a running start

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Just a week after his appointment as the new Minister for Industry and Innovation, Tim Ayres took to the stage this week to set out his agenda – and...

DTA won’t reveal true cost of Canberra’s AWS mega-deal

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A federal government decision to withhold the cost of its latest three-year cloud mega-deal with Amazon Web Services has sparked transparency concerns and criticism that it has been strong-armed...

Gallagher to retain Finance portfolio in ministry reshuffle

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Labor Senator and senior frontbencher Katy Gallagher will retain the Finance portfolio in the Albanese government’s second term, giving her control of whole-of-government technology and keenly anticipated procurement reforms....

Canberra’s AI transparency laggards fall in line

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Federal government agencies that missed a key AI transparency deadline earlier this year have now largely fallen into line, with just two mandatory declarations still outstanding across the public...

Whole-of-govt tech mega-deals review gets underway

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government has opened the consultation process for an independent review of its seven technology mega-deals, collectively worth more than a billion dollars each year. The review of...

BoM tech overhaul ‘rebadged’ as costs pass $900m

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A new report has confirmed the Bureau of Meteorology’s mammoth tech upgrade is ongoing and will take at least a year and $36 million more than when the project...