Tag: Digital Transformation Agency

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Gavin Slater says bye to DTA

Gavin Slater will step down as the chief executive of the Digital Transformation Agency at end of the month. Mr Slater, a Melbournian, has had to face the challenges...

PM requests DTA blockchain project

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull personally asked the Digital Transformation Agency to investigate the potential to provide government services on the blockchain, with welfare payments the first to be tested....

Slater returns to estimates heat

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Digital Transformation Agency chief executive Gavin Slater has marked his first day back on the job following a leave of absence with an appearance before a fiery Senate estimates...

DTA gets $90m digital ID boost

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Digital Transformation Agency will take charge of a $92 million budget allocation in the 2018/19 financial year to accelerate the implementation of its GovPass digital identity program. The...

DTA under fire over CEO Slater

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The acting head of the Commonwealth’s Digital Transformation Agency has been forced to defend CEO Gavin Slater’s leave of absence before a Senate committee, claiming it has had no...

Harvard blues for DTA’s Slater

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Embattled Digital Transformation Agency chief executive Gavin Slater has taken an extended leave of absence from the organisation to undertake a business short-course at Harvard University. The DTA will...

When delivery is a DTA disgrace

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It is more than three years since the then-Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced the creation of the Digital Transformation Office, detailing a bright future of better government services, delivered...

DTA MoU is easy ‘to tear up’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A Digital Transformation Agency access and marketing agreement signed with a Big Tech industry group was “ridiculous” and the “easiest thing to tear up” for an incoming government, according...

Digital capability problems: Shetler

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Every four weeks, more than one in eight Australians access government information and public services online. Nearly half of those users experience a problem in doing so, and a...

Shetler readies for Senate inquiry

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Government’s former digital transformation supremo Paul Shetler will give evidence on day one of the Senate’s inquiry into digital service delivery this week, calling for a radical...