A root and branch review of cybersecurity is underway in New South Wales as the state government looks to hone in on the structural issues behind cyber hygiene problems,...
Public Sector
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A six-month trial of Microsoft Copilot saved some federal public servants up to an hour each day when searching for, summarising information and drafting documents, an evaluation has found....
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Federal public servants have been urged not to underestimate the cost of digital projects or exaggerate expected benefits in new guidance that follows around $1 billion in failed tech...
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Why is there silence on the fact that the bureaucracy not only ignored legal commentary from an esteemed legal scholar on Robodebt, but has also ignored legal commentary from...
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Costs for a new Salesforce-based aged care software system are approaching $300 million and are set to keep climbing, with the department responsible unable to forecast a final cost...
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The private contractor bill for the regulatory technology upgrade to support Australia’s growing market for clean technology and carbon offsets has more than doubled over the last year. Initially...
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Thousands of laptops will be supplied to South Australian public schools under a new $20 million deal with HP Inc, despite the state government hyping a trial of locally...
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The software responsible for the daily operation of federal Parliament is set for an overhaul, with the department in charge going to market for off the shelf options after...
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The businessman linked to Stuart Robert and a controversial consulting firm that helped tech firms win government contracts has dropped his defamation threat against an MP scrutinising the procurements....
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Parliament’s powerful audit committee will run the ruler over public sector AI use after it was revealed the technology was being deployed widely last year without governance frameworks in...
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The cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s customer relationship management system has surpassed $140 million, climbing higher even as the Salesforce project was examined by Parliament. Cloud software...
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A government tender for support running its flagship $1.6 billion research commercialisation initiative has stalled for more than two months after a complaint was made over the process. The...
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The bill for the Bureau of Meteorology’s seven-year tech overhaul is $866 million and there are fears it could rise further, despite the agency’s CEO declaring the project complete...
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The NSW procurement accreditation system will be reviewed and dodgy suppliers banned in response to repeated warnings that the state’s buying framework is failing and agencies are “marking their...