Tag: DTA

DTA dumps on blockchain, again 

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Digital Transformation Agency only used a small amount of its allocated funding to investigate the use of blockchain to deliver government services, and will not produce a roadmap...

Data sovereignty policy arrives

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
The Australian government quietly introduced on Friday afternoon a whole-of-government data hosting strategy to address immediate issues around risks to data sovereignty, data centre ownership and the supply chain....

Govt names data advisory board

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has formed a data advisory group to help it find the “right balance” in making data available to departments while upholding privacy and confidentiality. The National...

Marketplace to get digital makeover

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A rethink of the federal government’s digital marketplace will be a first order priority for an incoming Labor administration in order to bolster success rates for local tech SME’s...

Estimates on DTA ‘structural problem’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Digital Transformation Agency’s inability to intervene in doomed $34 million biometric project inside the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission points to “structural problems” in the agency, according to Labor...

DTA pumps brakes on blockchain

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Government agencies should look at the actual problem they are trying to solve rather than jumping to embrace new technologies like blockchain, the Digital Transformation Agency has warned. The...

Keenan to quit at election

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Whatever the result of May’s federal election, Australia will have a new minister guiding the government’s digital transformation efforts, after Coalition MP Michael Keenan announced he will be quitting...

DTA sticks to Surry Hills

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
The Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) will be forced to move out of its current tenancy at 241 Commonwealth Street, Surry Hills when its contract lease agreement ends in April....

Govt identity inquiry overdue

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A government inquiry into identity security is running more than two months behind schedule as the Coalition mulls a new iteration of the National Identity Security Strategy. The review...