Tag: procurement

‘Time pressures’ hang over NDIA technology overhaul

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The potential overhaul of NDIS backend technologies is occurring under “considerable time pressures”, with the agency leading it declining to grant extensions to vendors considering making a proposal. The...

NDIA mulls tech overhaul after procurement scandal

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The National Disability Insurance Agency is considering an overhaul of its technology stack that could see it abandon a scandal linked Salesforce system after investing almost $150 million in...

Finance department wraps up PwC investigation

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government has completed its investigation into whether Big Four consulting giant PwC should be allowed to resume bidding for new Commonwealth work in the wake of the...

Just how sovereign does our tech sector need to be?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australian policymakers face a very particular challenge in relation to the artificial intelligence and its contribution to productivity, according to Vault Cloud chief executive Rupert Taylor-Price. That is how...

Unions call for federal procurement boycott of Big Tech

Posted on   |  by James Riley
On a day when newly appointed Industry minister Tim Ayres said Australia’s trade unions needed a stronger voice in managing the impact of technology in the workplace, the union...

Health department’s software SNAFU laid bare

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal Health department has been locked in a year-and-a-half long legal battle over whether it owns software developed by subcontractors, after the consultancy that sat in the middle...