Tag: Australian National Audit Office

Audit finds conflicts of interest in IBM Defence work

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
IBM representatives were present and involved in decisions at several meetings related to a major Defence information technology project which resulted in the company receiving contract amendments worth nearly...

Audit office to scrutinise APS labour hire use

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The national audit office is set to turn its attention to the rampant use of labour hire in the public sector, amid ongoing concerns about its impact on the...

Govt fails to meet own cyber standards: ANAO

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
None of the government entities recently examined by an Australian National Audit Office review have fully implemented the mandatory cyber security risk mitigation strategies developed eight years ago to...

Audit Office to scrutinise R&D Tax Incentive

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The national audit office is scrutinising the government’s administration of the research and development tax incentive program and its readiness for a number of changes to take effect in...

Calls for annual reviews of APS cyber resilience

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A government-led parliamentary committee has called for annual reviews to be conducted into the cyber resilience of Commonwealth entities with many departments and agencies still not having implemented baseline...

Privacy office to report on COVIDSafe in weeks

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The country’s privacy regulator will release its first report on COVIDSafe within weeks, with the national audit office also considering scrutinising the federal government’s controversial contact tracing app. The...

Tim Kelsey exits Digital Health Agency

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australian Digital Health Agency chief executive Tim Kelsey has unexpectedly resigned from the organisation that has overseen the difficult My Health Record implementation. The resignation is effective from January...

Biometric fiasco heads to court

Posted on   |  by James Riley
NEC Australia says it has commenced court proceedings in the Victorian Supreme Court to recover costs and expenses related to a failed $90 million biometric project with the Australian...

ANAO shreds NEC biometric project

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The national crime intelligence commission’s management of its doomed biometrics project was “deficient in almost every significant respect” and no milestones were met despite more than $34 million being...