Tag: Digital Transformation Agency

COVIDSafe report missing the one thing that matters

Like the villain in a bad horror movie, COVIDSafe refuses to die. It has been a staggering fall from grace for the contact tracing app, heralded as the “ticket” out of lockdown by the Prime Minister in April last year, when he also compared it to putting on sunscreen....

DTA dishes out contracts worth millions

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Digital Transformation Agency has dished out a number of contracts to private companies worth millions of dollars, including for work on the redevelopment of myGov and a review...

Falling short on sovereign capability advice

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has called on government to establish a ‘Made in Australia’ Office to assess domestic capability gaps in the information technology supply chain. But...

DTA chief Randall Brugeaud steps aside

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Digital Transformation Agency CEO Randall Brugeaud is set to leave at the end of the month, after three years in the role, with the agency facing a significant funding...

More contractors than staff in govt IT roles

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
There are more temporary contract workers involved in government technology projects than full-time Australian Public Service staff, with some large agencies using more than four times as many tech...

DTA hands KPMG $850,000 for two month job

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Digital Transformation Agency has handed consulting giant KPMG a $850,000 contract running for just two months, with the agency declining to explain the details of this work. Tender...

‘Large reduction’ in DTA funding and responsibilities

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
There has been a “large reduction” in the Digital Transformation Agency’s funding and responsibilities, with a number of its key projects moved to other agencies, its chief executive Randall...

One third of DTA workforce are labour hire staff

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Nearly a third of the Digital Transformation Agency’s total workforce are temporary labour hire staff, as concerns continue to grow over a lack of in-house tech expertise in the...

Agency cuts lead to tech outsourcing fears

Posted on   |  by catherine@innovationaus.com
The key agencies tasked with delivering the government’s billion-dollar digital spend are facing staffing and funding cuts, leading to concerns the funding will flow straight to private contractors and...

Digital focus, but DTA gets a budget haircut

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Morrison government’s second pandemic budget contained plenty of red meat for the tech industry through its $1.2 billion digital economy strategy initiatives. But despite this focus, the Digital...