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Why the government won’t ban PwC from federal work

Embattled global consulting firm PwC won’t be banned outright from federal work by the Albanese government, which insists the scandal is not a procurement issue and its response is...

‘Sunk costs’: Parliament’s SAP build now too complex, costly to change

23 May 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

The cost of Parliament’s delayed expense management software project has blown out to $72.6 million, and will need another $4 million annually to operate, with officials on Tuesday saying...

Buy Australia Plan: Gallagher wants $3 return per dollar

3 May 2023 | by Brandon How

Finance minister Katy Gallagher wants to see a $3 return to the economy on each dollar spent by the federal government as part of its sovereign procurement plan. Ms...

Top bureaucrats mull NSW-like digital fund for Canberra

27 March 2023 | by Justin Hendry

A panel of Canberra’s most senior bureaucrats are weighing an investment vehicle modelled on the New South Wales government’s Digital Restart Fund to support federal digital projects outside of...

EY’s GovERP work grows $43m in five months

21 March 2023 | by Justin Hendry

Ernst & Young will be paid another $7.2 million over the next three months to ramp up work on the federal government’s enterprise resource planning system less than three...

‘Technocrats’ blamed for over budget, delay-plagued PEMS upgrade

14 February 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

“Technocrats” and a lack of user testing are to blame for the Parliament’s delay-plagued expense management software upgrade, which will be without a key transparency feature for a year,...

GovERP faces summer slowdown as SAP build enters new phase

9 December 2022 | by Justin Hendry

Work on the federal government’s massive enterprise resource planning system overhaul will be drastically cut back over the next two months, as the late-running multi-million-dollar project enters a new...

Malicious website blocking mandated by govt

7 December 2022 | by Justin Hendry

The federal government has mandated that agencies use protective domain name system services to prevent malware and other infections from malicious websites in the wake of several high-profile data...

Parliament’s expense software reporting suspended amid budget blowout

8 November 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

The key transparency component of the $66 million federal parliamentarian expense system has been suspended after a budget blowout and missed milestones. The new government has referred the project...

Bye-bye services: Feds look offshore

21 January 2016 | by Elaine McFadden

The Commonwealth will start considering proposals to offshore chunks of its corporate services operations to lower-cost providers overseas in two weeks. The Department of Finance has sought responses to...

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Why the government won’t ban PwC from federal work

‘Sunk costs’: Parliament’s SAP build now too complex, costly to change

Buy Australia Plan: Gallagher wants $3 return per dollar

Top bureaucrats mull NSW-like digital fund for Canberra

EY’s GovERP work grows $43m in five months

‘Technocrats’ blamed for over budget, delay-plagued PEMS upgrade

GovERP faces summer slowdown as SAP build enters new phase

Malicious website blocking mandated by govt

Parliament’s expense software reporting suspended amid budget blowout

Bye-bye services: Feds look offshore

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