The New South Wales government has prolonged the life of its cloud software deal with Salesforce ahead of the state election, providing agencies with access to the arrangement for...
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They make an odd couple, but in a brief 15-minute press conference in Sydney last week, Bill Shorten and Victor Dominello outlined more progress on federal-state cooperation on government...
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A relatively small group of suppliers have dominated the Digital Marketplace set up by the federal government to encourage competition, new data shows. Just 12 per cent of its...
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The David Thodey-led myGov user audit is a glass half full review of a system that has struggled for a decade to get even close to its potential for...
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The Tax Office has renewed its main cybersecurity support deal with Macquarie Telecom’s government arm at a cost of $32.7 million, as it battles as many as three million...
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Canberra’s largest government agencies have stuck multi-year deals with IBM worth more than $350 million following the arrival of the renegotiated whole-of-government agreement earlier this month. The Department of...
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Spending on contractors at New South Wales’ biggest government agencies has doubled since the start of the pandemic, climbing from just over $600 million to more than $1.2 billion...
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An “over-reliance” on the same consultants in the New South Wales government, particularly those from the Big Four consulting houses, is creating risks for agencies, according to the state’s...
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The Australian government paid Deloitte more than $324 million last financial year, representing a staggering $130 million or 67 per cent increase in federal outsourcing to the company since...
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The Industry department is negotiating compensation claims with nearly a dozen unsuccessful tenderers to its flagship business support program after the federal watchdog exposed serious problems with the procurement...
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Federal government contracts with Boston Consulting Group grew by another seven per cent in the last financial year after an explosion of government work during the pandemic, thanks in...
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Work on the federal government’s massive enterprise resource planning system overhaul will be drastically cut back over the next two months, as the late-running multi-million-dollar project enters a new...
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Former senior public servants have blasted the federal government’s technology procurement “failings”, including almost no action on the reforms promised half a decade ago, while calling for an overhaul...
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Victoria will centralise government service delivery under a single department, with the government set to further leverage its investment in Service Victoria’s underpinning digital platform. Premier Daniel Andrews revealed...