Tag: DTA

DTA defends effectiveness of COVIDSafe app

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Digital Transformation Agency has gone into bat for its COVIDSafe contact tracing app, defending it against a barrage of criticism from Labor senators. Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) representatives...

DTA rejects govt’s own CMS to buy Adobe

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government has spent five years encouraging departments and agencies to standardise website software on an open source content management system in order to reduce complexity, save money...

Govt readies for another go at visa processing

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government is getting ready to have another go at building a digital platform to handle visa processing, after its last a failed attempt to outsource these functions...

DTA to lose 30+ staff despite digital push

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Digital Transformation Agency will lose more than 30 staff this financial year despite average staffing levels across the public sector increasing. The federal budget showed the Digital Transformation...

Govt has another go at failed digital platform

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government is having another go at replacing its long-outdated apprenticeships system with a new digital platform, this time with a vastly increased budget. The federal budget included...

Centrelink gets $500m overhaul funding

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government has provided more than $500 million for the final stage of the massive overhaul of the IT system underpinning Australia’s welfare payments, which is now set to...

DTA readies for mammoth next stage of GovDXP

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Digital Transformation Agency is yet to finalise a contractor for the crucial next stage of the large-scale myGov update, three months after the work was slated to begin....

Troubled digital ID scheme gets another $250m

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government will pour a further $250 million into its digital identity program, more than doubling the amount spent on the troubled scheme since it was started more...

‘Vague’ digital ID framework is a problem

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The framework governing the federal government’s $200 million digital identity program is “very vague” and “counter-intuitive” and more design flaws will likely be found, according to the security researcher...