Tag: Peter Alexander

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...

DTA fronts its big staff issue

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Digital Transformation Agency’s new chief executive has made bringing stability and leadership to the troubled organisation his key priority in an effort to combat the “relatively high staff...

DTA goes cold on blockchain

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Digital Transformation Agency appears less than impressed with blockchain’s current capabilities after it was given $700,000 in budget funding to investigate the technology. After its initial research, the...

DTA gets $90m digital ID boost

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Digital Transformation Agency will take charge of a $92 million budget allocation in the 2018/19 financial year to accelerate the implementation of its GovPass digital identity program. The...

DTA Marketplace: work in progress

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Digital Transformation Agency chief digital officer Peter Alexander concedes that robust criticism by SMEs of the Digital Marketplace is not unreasonable. Mr Alexander says the underwhelming recent findings of...
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