Tag: Digital Transformation Agency

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...

DTA readies for digital identity expansion

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Digital Transformation Agency is readying for a “significant expansion” of its digital identity program over the next six months and will also soon launch a review of the...

DTA defends effectiveness of COVIDSafe app

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Digital Transformation Agency has gone into bat for its COVIDSafe contact tracing app, defending it against a barrage of criticism from Labor senators. Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) representatives...

DTA rejects govt’s own CMS to buy Adobe

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government has spent five years encouraging departments and agencies to standardise website software on an open source content management system in order to reduce complexity, save money...

Govt readies for another go at visa processing

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government is getting ready to have another go at building a digital platform to handle visa processing, after its last a failed attempt to outsource these functions...

DTA to lose 30+ staff despite digital push

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Digital Transformation Agency will lose more than 30 staff this financial year despite average staffing levels across the public sector increasing. The federal budget showed the Digital Transformation...

Use budget to rebuild inhouse APS tech skills

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government should scrap the controversial public sector staffing cap and use this week’s federal budget as an opportunity to begin the process of bringing tech skills back...

DTA readies for mammoth next stage of GovDXP

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Digital Transformation Agency is yet to finalise a contractor for the crucial next stage of the large-scale myGov update, three months after the work was slated to begin....

Troubled digital ID scheme gets another $250m

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government will pour a further $250 million into its digital identity program, more than doubling the amount spent on the troubled scheme since it was started more...