Tag: DTA

Falling short on sovereign capability advice

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has called on government to establish a ‘Made in Australia’ Office to assess domestic capability gaps in the information technology supply chain. But...

‘Urgent’ investment in APS tech staff needed

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government must make an “urgent investment” in Australian public service staff to avoid any more government technology “failures” like robodebt, COVIDSafe and the 2016 census outage, a...

Accenture paid $2.5m per month for digital ID work

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government is paying American tech giant Accenture nearly $2.5 million per month for work on its digital identity service. At the start of the year, the Australian...

COVIDSafe hasn’t found any contacts this year

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s COVIDSafe contact tracing app has not found any new contacts this year and has still identified just 17 people in total, with the agency behind it...

More contractors than staff in govt IT roles

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
There are more temporary contract workers involved in government technology projects than full-time Australian Public Service staff, with some large agencies using more than four times as many tech...

DTA hands KPMG $850,000 for two month job

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Digital Transformation Agency has handed consulting giant KPMG a $850,000 contract running for just two months, with the agency declining to explain the details of this work. Tender...

‘Large reduction’ in DTA funding and responsibilities

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
There has been a “large reduction” in the Digital Transformation Agency’s funding and responsibilities, with a number of its key projects moved to other agencies, its chief executive Randall...

One third of DTA workforce are labour hire staff

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Nearly a third of the Digital Transformation Agency’s total workforce are temporary labour hire staff, as concerns continue to grow over a lack of in-house tech expertise in the...

Agency cuts lead to tech outsourcing fears

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The key agencies tasked with delivering the government’s billion-dollar digital spend are facing staffing and funding cuts, leading to concerns the funding will flow straight to private contractors and...