Tag: Audit Committee

Sprawling tech projects trigger contract management probe

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Parliament’s powerful audit committee will probe how agencies manage contracts after damning audits – including investigations of two Accenture technology projects – revealed serious capability and probity gaps. The...

Corporate entities lose procurement rules carve out

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Corporate Commonwealth entities like the National Disability Insurance Agency will soon face the same procurement rules that apply to non-corporates after the Albanese government agreed to further tighten buying...

Finance finds the limits of SAP

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Capital costs for parliament’s expense management software have more than doubled from initial budget to $60 million, with officials on Wednesday acknowledging a gross underestimation of just how complex...

Pressure on DTA, Industry to keep procurement promises

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Australian National Audit Office will review the procurement reforms put in place at the Digital Transformation Agency, the Industry department and Home Affairs in response to damning audit...

Committee call: Time to clean up government grants

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Better rules surrounding tens of billions of dollars in Commonwealth grants are needed to prevent repeats of the Morrison government’s “industrial scale rorting”,  Parliament’s audit committee has recommended. After...