Just eight McKinsey staff are being used on the company’s $2.5 million, three-month contract to provide advice to the federal government on local mRNA vaccine manufacturing, with the global...
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The federal government updated its $10 million COVIDSafe contact tracing app for the Delta variant in mid-October, more than five months after the more transmissible virus was first detected...
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Here we go again. On December 3, Minister Stuart Robert unveiled the latest Government Digital Strategy (GDS) at a gathering of the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) in Canberra....
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A year-long review of the Australian Public Service has slammed the growing externalisation of ICT projects and skills, warning contractors are now being relied on for “core, ongoing work”...
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Microsoft has been quietly added to the federal government’s list of certified cloud providers more than a month after its rivals, giving it clearance to process sensitive and whole-of-government...
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The government has been asked to immediately clarify the status of an urgently recommended audit of its technology spending and capability, after a year-long review of the Australian Public...
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The federal government will unveil its first data strategy in the coming weeks, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison saying it would bring “tangible benefits” to all Australians. Addressing the...
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The federal government’s refusal to release key documents relating to its robodebt scheme for a fifth time has been branded “cruel” and “contemptuous” by a number of senators. The...
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The Industry department paid consulting giant Boston Consulting Group nearly $400,000 for a little over one week of “professional advice and input” on what appears to be core departmental...
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The federal government wants the cybersecurity industry to help shape the “bold” new cyber hubs, which will provide more than 40 services to the public sector. The Hardening Government...
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The Victorian government will introduce staged funding for digital projects and improve its procurement process as part of a new five-year digital strategy that focuses on re-using existing platforms...
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The New South Wales government will look at digitising state elections, with its Minister for Digital Victor Dominello describing the switch to online voting as “easy”, despite experts warning...
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The minister responsible for government technology has declined to provide almost any detail on lucrative contracts awarded by his Digital Transformation Agency to global consultancies McKinsey and Boston Consulting...
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The government will be able to step in and take control of critical infrastructure owned by the private sector as a “last resort” in the event of a cyber...