Tag: DTA

Govt review clears path for tech mega-deals to continue

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A series of massive deals negotiated with select tech giants remain a “vital” bargaining chip for the government, which it claims net $1.6 billion in savings for agencies over...

Agency pushback on proposed bans for unethical contractors

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Proposed legislation to ban unethical contractors from government procurement opportunities would introduce significant operational risks to technology delivery programs, the Digital Transformation Agency says. A private members bill put...

Feds mandate cloud-first approach as legacy tech costs soar

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Federal agencies have been told to go cloud-first on all new digital projects and minimise vendor lock-in where possible under the first major revamp of the government’s cloud policy...

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...

New govt register to name and shame poor tech contractors

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Companies that bungle government digital projects risk being named on a new federal register that could see them miss out on future work under a new policy designed to create...

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...

Govt systems spared from AWS outage

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian government technology systems have evaded the global outage at Amazon Web Services, with crucial weather forecasting and citizen services like myGov staying online, agencies have confirmed. The government...

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...