Tag: Katy Gallagher

Govt to cut APS outsourcing by another $1bn

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Albanese government will shave a further $1 billion off its spending on contractors and consultants over the next four years, in a continuation of the outsourcing savings drive...

Digital ID providers to be kept to a minimum: Gallagher

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Less than 10 private digital ID providers, including banks and payments service providers, are initially expected to be accepted into the expanded version of the federal government’s digital identity...

Landmark digital identity laws clear Senate

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s digital identity scheme is set to expand beyond the federal government to states and territories and the private sector after a landmark bill, first drafted more than three...

Procurement reform: A huge opportunity to build capability

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Procurement reform remains a “huge opportunity” for the federal government to better harness the power of its $70 billion annual spending on goods and services to drive specific industry...

APS heavyweights sit out Microsoft Copilot trial

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Two of Canberra’s biggest federal government agencies are sitting out a six-month trial of Microsoft Copilot while another 7,400-plus public servants put the generative artificial intelligence assistant through its...

Statutory declarations go digital on myGov

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Commonwealth statutory declarations can now be witnessed on myGov using the federal government’s digital identity system, removing the need for Australians to visit a Justice of the Peace. Finance...

Australia ranked fifth in global digital government survey

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia has placed fifth out of 38 countries in a global ranking of digital governments, placing above Estonia and snapping at the heels of other advanced economies like Norway and...

‘Empty words’: Top three digital govt goal scrapped

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Albanese government has scrapped the Coalition’s lofty goal of Australia becoming one of the top three digital governments in the world by 2025 in its first digital and...