Tag: digital transformation office

From digital delivery to digital democracy

Posted on   |  by Mish
Australian government approaches to technology have defaulted to two over-riding themes: delivery and efficiency. The lack of progress – and of transparency around activities, expenditure, or accountability – suggests...

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...

Husic: Mandarins are in the way

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The battle inside the federal public service between forces warding off serious digital transformation and those who want to deliver 21st century systems must end, says Labor’s digital economy...

Senate investigates tech failures

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Senate on Thursday agreed to hold an inquiry into the government’s digital transformation program, with a focus on increased ICT spending and the embarrassing series of technology failures...

Local, State, Fed digital delivery

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Commonwealth will unveil the ‘live’ pilot of a digital service that lets users complete end-to-end approvals transactions across all three levels of government through a single portal for...

Biometrics back on DTA agenda

Posted on   |  by Beverley Head
The Federal Government is running a private beta of its digital identity platform ahead of a planned public test early next year. To use the service, people will need...

Thodey review of PM&C queried

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Shadow Minister for the Digital Economy Ed Husic has called for the public release of a little-known review of federal government digital transformation efforts that ultimately led to the radical restructure of...

DTA grilling: What we learned

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Malcolm Turnbull’s pet project, the Digital Transformation Agency, was put under intense scrutiny at the Senate Estimates last week, with revelations the organisation no longer sees itself as a...

DTA goes back to the future

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Four months after plans were unveiled for a powerful new program management office within the Digital Transformation Agency to oversee the Commonwealth’s $6 billion-plus annual technology spend, the unit...