Home Affairs’ technology environment is at “significant risk of failure”, according to an independent review that says there is no plan to fix the more than 190 IT systems that have now reached end of life.
The review into the mega department also reveals a heavy and ongoing reliance on contractors in its technology group to maintain the environment, even as the government continues its external labour reduction drive.
The probe, which involved interviewing more than 220 staff and other external stakeholders, is the latest in a series of capability reviews conducted across government in the wake of the landmark Thodey review in 2019.
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