Technology and Defence contractors account for most of the $528 million in outsourced work that federal agencies will bring back in house this financial year under Labor’s directive to rebalance the public service.
The “core” APS work insourcing target was released on Monday by Finance minister Katy Gallagher, who put agencies on notice a year ago to develop plans to phase out contractors and consultants.
Agencies have now signed up to ambitious estimates, which are targets and not savings, in the first year under the Strategic Commissioning Framework.
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