Tag: DHS

Audit puts heat on DHS digital shift

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Department of Human Services does not have the “appropriate mechanisms” in place to effectively measure its large-scale digital transformation efforts, an audit has found. The Australian National Audit...

DHS RoboDebt project ‘went well’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Department of Human Services showed it was everything but human during a Senate Committee hearing on Friday delving into the digital delivery of services. The DHS came back...

DHS contractors face fraud probe

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
More than 50 tech subcontractors to the Department of Human Services are being investigated for fraud, with the Opposition saying this justifies the upcoming Senate inquiry into the Commonwealth’s...

Judgement Day for robo-debt

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Centrelink’s robo-debt fiasco was the result of a lack of planning and poor usability and transparency, rather than bad digital transformation, the Commonwealth Ombudsman has found. The national watchdog...

DHS to hire 125 STEM grads

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Department of Human Services is looking to employ more than 100 STEM graduates to assist with its wide-ranging IT efforts that include projects at the centre of much...

Smartbill’s DHS win sets up Asia

Posted on   |  by James Riley
An Australian expense management and analytics software developer Smartbill has cracked the Australian Government market with a potentially huge win at the Department of Human Services, which the company...