Tag: Digital Transformation Agency

Facial recognition, digital ID laws could arrive in parallel

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Controversial facial recognition laws previously rejected by Parliament’s intelligence and security committee could be reintroduced in “parallel” with the Albanese government’s new digital identity legislation. As the timeline for...

DTA loses digital ID program responsibilities

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Department of Finance has assumed control of the federal government $600 million-plus digital identity program, taking policy duties from the Digital Transformation Agency in the latest carve up...

DHS watered down data scientists’ advice on robodebt

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The department responsible for robodebt tried to water down independent advice from data experts and asked the government technology agency to enhance the illegal scheme’s “user experience” in less...

Govt AI guidance creates ‘arbiters of acceptable’: AIIA

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Federal government guidance developed to provide public servants with a steer on the use of generative artificial intelligence entrusts agencies as the “arbiter of what is acceptable”, according to...

Turnbull-era tech procurement reforms bearing fruit

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Procurement reforms that capped tech contracts at $100 million broke the stranglehold of big conglomerates and large multinationals in Canberra and opened the door to smaller Australian companies securing...

Gallagher pressed to adopt NSW-like digital fund

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A New South Wales-like digital government fund for Canberra is firming, with the Albanese government considering a mechanism to support projects outside of the ordinary budget cycle as part...

DTA loses data sovereignty scheme duties

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Responsibility for the federal government’s troubled data sovereignty scheme has been stripped from the Digital Transformation Agency in a shakeup prompted by the creation of Australia’s new cybersecurity office....