Tag: DTA

DTA readies new data centres panel arrangement

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Australian government is seeking data centre suppliers for its new panel arrangement to be in place early next year, after flagging a need for more genuine competition. Applications...

myGov: Untangling the govt digital service hairball

Posted on   |  by Glenn Archer
The SMH published an article over the weekend that included some observations from the new Minister for Government Services Bill Shorten on his recent poor experiences using MyGov. This...

NDIS: A Copernican challenge for the actuarial model

Posted on   |  by Marie Johnson
The first article in the series ‘Defending the NDIS’, looked at the horrific complexity caused by the actuarial fiction of ‘primary disability’. The second article zeroed in on the...

Government tech is hard. If not the DTA, then what?

Posted on   |  by Dr Lesley Seebeck
The digital transformation of government has proven difficult for Australia, particularly at the federal level. While some of the states are having some success, the federal government seems stalled,...

‘No savings’ from $150m grants hub program: ANAO

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
There is “insufficient evidence” that the federal government’s $150 million program to streamline grants has delivered any benefits, and the scheme has failed to achieve three of its four...

DTA budget cut again as tech projects shifted away

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Digital Transformation Agency has had its budget cut again, with the government slashing $5.8 million from the technology agency’s departmental appropriation as its role continues to shift from...