Tag: Digital Transformation Agency

$3.5m for DTA’s digital ID charge model

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A number of consultants will share in more than $3.5 million across just six months to develop a charging model for the federal government’s digital identity scheme, which will...

Deloitte lands DTA cloud transition contracts

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Five government departments and agencies have signed on to the Digital Transformation Agency’s cloud-transition program, with consulting giant Deloitte paid $600,000 for its brief work on the project. Led...

Tech progress in last week of Parliament

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A significant restructuring of the popular export market development grant program has passed Parliament, while a number of major tech-related pieces of legislation will remain there over summer. Changes...

Deloitte’s myGov beta work quietly tops $30m

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government has quietly handed Deloitte a further $1.2 million for work on the myGov beta to cover an additional two months’ work, with the consulting giant now having...

Selling to govt: Not simple and not transparent

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Nearly three-quarters of individuals participating in the InnovationAus’ Selling to Government 2020 survey say the process for selling technology into the federal government is neither simple, nor transparent. And...

Local tech misses out on federal opportunities

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Digital Transformation Agency has signed its seventh whole-of-government purchasing agreement with a foreign-headquartered tech giant – this time it is with Oracle – with the expressed aim to...

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...

DTA seeks new ideas on transformation refresh

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government has launched a new consultation process for its Digital Transformation Strategy refresh, which aims to embrace the accelerated change of the COVID-19 pandemic response to continue and...

Digital identity legislation open for consultation

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has opened the consultation process on draft legislation expanding its digital identity scheme to state governments and the private sector, with plans to put current privacy...