Tag: Delv

No proof COVIDSafe app developers were delivering

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The government agency responsible for outsourcing the development of the failed COVIDSafe app did not monitor the developer’s performance or consider value for money as the contract more than...

COVIDSafe costs up to $300k per month to run

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
COVIDSafe is costing up to $300,000 per month to continue running, with the federal government’s controversial contact tracing app not picking up any new close contacts anywhere in the...

COVIDSafe overhaul fails to stem criticism

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government’s decision to completely overhaul the protocol underpinning COVIDSafe in an effort to improve functionality of the contact tracing app has done little to stem the ongoing calls...

COVIDSafe contractor bill now close to $10M

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A Canberra firm has been handed an additional $4 million for its work on COVIDSafe, with the government now having paid private contracts worth nearly $10 million for the...

Big bucks on open source COVIDsafe app

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Private contractors were paid nearly $2 million to work on the federal government’s COVID-19 contact tracing app, while the firm behind the official information app was given an additional...

Govt paid $3m for COVID info app

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government spent more than $3 million on the development of the COVID-19 information app developed by a Canberra tech company in two weeks following a closed tender...

Govt paid $2m for COVID info app

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government paid a local mobile-first digital services company nearly $2 million to build its official COVID-19 information app. Canberra-based tech firm Delv was contracted by the Digital...

Digital groups call for COVID app transparency

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government is yet to respond to a series of transparency and data security issues surrounding its official COVID-19 information app that have been raised by a number...

Contact tracing tech is a mixed bag

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government is “assessing the role of technology” in combating the spread of COVID-19 but is not currently working directly with private developers on a contact tracing app....