There was no movement on the amount spent on research and development activity inside government organisations in the first year of the Albanese government when measured as a proportion...
Education department secretary Tony Cook will chair a new committee set up to support the implementation of reforms recommended from the Universities Accord. Announced alongside the federal Budget on...
The Tech Policy Design Centre has been made a permanent fixture at the Australian National University and will be supported by a new advisory group featuring current and former Australian...
The Australian public sector’s recent experience with the GovERP project, an ambitious yet ultimately unsuccessful SAP implementation, has been a wake-up call. It is a stark reminder of the...
Missing data sharing policies, a government digital strategy not publicly updated since 2017, and a damaging reliance on consultants have been highlighted in a damning review of accountability within...
There is a significant lack of transparency around the unprecedented jump in government IT investment, with ongoing delays to an “urgent” internal audit and a year long freeze of...
Accounting giant PwC has won a contract to run a communications campaign to improve awareness and membership of the federal government’s public sector digital skills scheme. The Digital Transformation...
The Digital Transformation Agency has entered contracts worth more than $20 million with recruiters and HR firms for temporary staff in the current financial year alone, with ongoing concerns...
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A year ago, we published a book which asked, in relation to the digital transformation of government and the public sector, Are we there yet? Twelve turbulent and disruptive...
The Australian Public Service has been so damaged by and so captive to a “cult of the consultant” that it no longer possessed the skills in-house to perform some...