Tag: Accenture

Health agency ‘captured’ by Accenture looks to reset

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The lone technology supplier for the national health record system “captured” the government agency responsible for it in an arrangement that is taking years to unpick but could be...

$562m aged care tech overhaul off course from the start

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government’s overhaul of aged care technology was poorly planned and beset by delays as consultants and foreign software vendors were handed more than half a billion dollars....

Accenture’s My Health Record deal to face market test

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Accenture’s lucrative My Health Record deal will be market tested for the first time in more than a decade next year, with the Australian Digital Health Agency planning to...

Consulting giants take $900m hit under Labor

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Big Four consulting firms and Accenture received almost $900 million less from federal agencies last year compared to the Coalition government’s final 12 months, data to be released...

BoM’s $886m consultant ‘gravy train’ wraps up

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
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...

Digital passenger cards to expand beyond Qantas, air travel

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A long-sought digital traveller declaration system being trialled by Qantas and the Australian Border Force will be expanded to other airlines and cruise ships under an iterative, user focused...

Sky-high IT contractor costs at weather bureau

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s national weather agency forked out more than $400 million on external contractors for its long-running IT upgrade – the full cost of which has never publicly been revealed....