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Strange times at ANU and a COVIDSafe gag

The Australian National University has admitted the academic freedom of one of its staff may have been jeopardised after she was removed from a panel discussion on COVIDSafe which...

DTA boosts COVID digital comms team

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Digital Transformation Agency is expanding its COVID-19 response team as part of a wave of new hirings for the government’s digital office, which has battled high levels of...

Lost children of the digital revolution

Posted on   |  by Marie Johnson
In 2008 – the year that the first round of “Service Delivery Reform” was getting underway – my daughter had her first baby. The bureaucracy would come to call...

A rock and a hard place for govt cloud

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Federal guidance for the new decentralised and deregulated cybersecurity regime has been released to mixed reviews, with some concerned that the new framework puts Australian companies at a disadvantage...

DTA seeks new contractors for COVIDSafe

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
More private contractors are set to be brought in to help further develop the federal government’s COVIDSafe contact tracing app, which successfully identified a new close contact for the...

APS staff caps under a spotlight

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The increased reliance on outside consultants by the Digital Transformation Agency is leading to a loss of jobs and expertise in the public service, according to federal Labor. Shadow...

Digital ID delays as awareness campaign looms

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government’s plan to integrate its $200 million digital identity with the myGov service platform has been delayed, even as the Digital Transformation Agency prepares an awareness campaign for...

DTA consultant costs up 5x in a year

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The dollar value of contracts awarded by the Digital Transformation Agency to tier one management consultants has increased by nearly five times in the financial year since it was...

BCG gets another COVIDSafe contract

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Boston Consulting Group has now been paid more than $1 million for its work on the COVIDSafe app after receiving another contract extension, with the contact tracing app still...

DTA battles huge staff turnover issue

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The continued high level of staff turnover at the Digital Transformation Agency is “very alarming” according to the Opposition, with the agency experiencing near-100 per cent turnover in the...