The rollout of a $130 million Accenture-built security vetting system has faced “substantial challenges”, with some staff redeployed to manually process clearances to meet the growing backlog. The ongoing...
An “over-reliance” on the same consultants in the New South Wales government, particularly those from the Big Four consulting houses, is creating risks for agencies, according to the state’s...
An in-house consulting unit will be established within the federal government to provide professional services to agencies, reducing the reliance on external consultants, while contractors will be used “only...
A Labor government would introduce new reporting requirements for government tenders, forcing agencies to provide more detail and consistency on the billions of dollars spent on external providers every...
There are fresh calls to reign in the growing and “excessive” use of consultants by the public service, after evidence the Coalition government is currently on pace to spend...