Tag: procurement

More grants for West Aussie innovators and SMEs

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Two new grants programs targeted at startups and small to medium sized businesses have opened in Western Australia, with just over $2.1 million available overall. The latest rounds of...

Audit office now taking submissions on DTA’s tech procurement

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The national audit office is now taking public submissions as part of its inquiry into the Digital Transformation Agency’s technology procurement. The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) launched an...

NSW govt relying on global tech companies to build local talent

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The New South Wales government’s head of procurement says the state will build capability and capacity by outsourcing technology work to multinationals, but is confident their social programs are...

Procurement dollars to drive local industry outcomes: Husic

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Shadow Industry minister Ed Husic has called on governments to attach industry development goals and economic growth outcomes to procurement decisions, whether it’s in relation to large-scale infrastructure projects...

Don Punch on WA’s innovation priorities

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Western Australia’s new Innovation Minister Don Punch wants more IP kept in the state, government services reshaped around citizen needs, and to grow the local ICT sector through state...

Govt technology procurement is a ‘vulnerability’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The procurement process is a key point of weakness in the government’s development and use of emerging technologies, and human rights need to be better considered in this process,...

Local tech gets overlooked by govt again

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has rightly connected the government’s big investment into its digital economy strategy to its program of economic recovery. But it is a lost opportunity if the...