Tag: Digital Transformation Agency

Cheesecake bridges: Why govt tech funding needs a rethink

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Around one in every 10 dollars spent by the Commonwealth goes to technology. The massive commitment is justified, senior bureaucrats overseeing projects like digital identity say, but how the...

DTA warns face matching law could spook digital ID

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Proposed laws that would allow authorities to use the federal government’s identity services to conduct one-to-many matches in very limited circumstances could be detrimental to the uptake of digital...

SMEs locked out of govt marketplace for six more months

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Startups and smaller tech firms wanting to break into the federal government market will have to wait another six months to do so after the Digital Transformation Agency pushed...

Taskforce created to set public service guardrails for AI

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A new government taskforce has been tasked with forging a set of guardrails for the use of artificial intelligence in the Australian Public Service, as the Albanese government seeks...

Gen AI prompts DTA rethink of govt websites

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The rise of generative artificial intelligence has created a new sense of urgency for the federal government to review the uniformity of its countless official websites, according to the...

New ATO mainframe pushes IBM deal to $900m in nine months

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
IBM has secured almost $900 million in federal work through its renewed whole-of-government sourcing agreement in less than nine months, with a new mainframe at the Tax Office pushing...

DTA primes govt’s data and digital plan

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government’s upcoming data and digital strategy will be accompanied by an iterative implementation plan so the new guidance stays relevant through technological changes and can guide new...

‘Nobbled’ DTA languishing under Finance

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Opposition services minister Paul Fletcher says the Digital Transformation Agency’s role has been diminished as part of a backwards step on government technology and digital services that will need...

Cath Thompson on the long road to digital trustworthiness

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Catherine Thompson had spent a career in corporate procurement roles, among other things, before she landed in 2015 at the Digital Transformation Office. These were heady days for digital...