Tag: DTA

Canberra unveils new playbook for technology mega-deals

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Canberra is tightening its grip on billions of dollars’ worth of tech spending, unveiling a set of principles that will be used to assess its whole-of-government mega-deals with the...

Defence signs $720m Microsoft deal, its largest ever

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Defence department is set to spend as much as $720 million on Microsoft software over the next five years under its largest-ever volume sourcing deal with the company....

Canberra’s six-week Microsoft splurge nears $2bn

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Federal government Microsoft contracts are closing in on $2 billion in less than two months, with dozens more agencies signing on to new multi-year contracts under the latest iteration...

Politicians skirt bounds of government AI policy

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Politicians and their offices are exempt from a key policy governing the use of artificial intelligence across the public sector, exposing a blind spot in Canberra’s push to regulate...

$500k in vendor gift offers in one year exposed by DTA

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Some of the federal government’s largest technology suppliers offered public officials almost $500,000 in gifts and hospitality in a single year, a review triggered by a Salesforce scandal has...

DTA’s contractor blacklist policy takes effect

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Companies behind botched federal government digital projects now face being named on a new underperformance register, in a sign Canberra is taking a tougher stance on the tech sector’s...

Canberra pays Microsoft $100m for tech support

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government will pay Microsoft more than $100 million just for technical support over the next three years, dwarfing the costs of a previous support deal with the...

DTA wins back APS Digital Profession duties

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Digital Transformation Agency has reclaimed responsibility for a central program aimed at building digital capability in the public service nearly five years after the function was transferred. The...

Govt agencies may team-up on large tech procurements

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The government’s digital coordinators have floated allowing agencies to partner on major technology procurements among a suite of changes coming out of a review of Canberra’s mega deals with...