Tag: Peter Alexander

DTA offloads COVIDSafe, other projects in shake-up

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Digital Transformation Agency has confirmed it will move several high value technology projects to other agencies, including management of the controversial COVIDSafe app, as part of sweeping machinery...

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...

Govt blockchain working groups get to work

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government has formed two working groups to investigate the potential for blockchain technology in supply chains and credentialing. The working groups are one of the new initiatives announced...

Vendors locked out of DTA market briefing

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Software vendors who were locked out of an industry briefing on the Digital Transformation Agency’s new Cloud Marketplace due to an inadequately provisioned conference call have slammed the DTA...

Uncertainty on myGov digital ID integration

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The DTA is walking back on its aim to integrate its digital identity service with myGov by the end of the financial year, after recently completing a small pilot...

DTA defends COVIDSafe contract with US tech giant

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Using an Australian company to host the COVIDSafe data would have delayed the rollout of the app and added “additional risk and complexity”, the Digital Transformation Agency says, amid...

Govt blockchain roadmap underwhelms

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s new blockchain roadmap is “disappointing” and “lacks vision” according to blockchain adviser and FinTech Australia chair Alan Tsen. Industry Minister Karen Andrews released the National Blockchain...

DTA defends digital ID roll-out

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s troubled digital identity program will not be a repeat of the doomed Australia Card and will actually be “privacy-enhancing”, according to the Digital Transformation Agency. The...

DTA dumps on blockchain, again 

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Digital Transformation Agency only used a small amount of its allocated funding to investigate the use of blockchain to deliver government services, and will not produce a roadmap...