The Digital Transformation Agency is exploring opportunities to reuse the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s new Salesforce CRM system elsewhere in government despite an ongoing investigation into the original procurement....
Large businesses that miss gender equality targets will soon be barred from winning government work, as the Albanese government seeks to improve the equity of its suppliers and emerging...
The federal government will establish a new ‘tripartite’ Defence Industry Council made up of representatives from government, industry and the unions to oversee the development of a sovereign defence...
Governments must look beyond grant funding to procure cutting edge technology themselves to grow the quantum sector, according to renowned British physicist and professor Sir Peter Knight. Professor Knight,...
Two signature election commitments that the Albanese government took to the 2022 election were its Buy Australian Plan and the creation of a Future Made in Australia Office. The...
The National Disability Insurance Agency is still investigating its officials’ role in a $126 million Salesforce software contract after questions about the supplier’s influence on them and a “bizarre”...
A bevy of government tech projects, procurements and landmark legislation will go under the microscope in 2024, as the Albanese government pledges better outcomes in the last full year...
Federal suppliers vying for $80 billion in annual contracts will need to demonstrably manage conflicts of interest, protect workers and the environment, and pay tax under a new ethics...
The Digital Transformation Agency has extended the federal government’s SAP licensing arrangement for another six months, giving it more time to renegotiate the deal with the German software giant....
Parliament will investigate “sovereign capability in the Australian tech sector” over six months next year after David Pocock had the issue referred to the Senate’s finance committee on Wednesday....