Tag: DTA

Centrelink fail won’t go away

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Digital Transformation Agency had been missing in action throughout the Centrelink debt recovery debacle calling into question its purpose in government, according to shadow minister for the digital...

When ex-CDO’s go postal: Shetler

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The high error rate of Centrelink’s automated debt recovery operation is “catastrophic”, “shocking”, “appalling” and “extremely preventable,” according to the Turnbull Government’s former digital transformation tsar Paul Shetler. And...

Scrooge is clearly an ATO tech guy

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
The ATO has moved to absolve itself of any deficiency in IT operations management skills after ruining Christmas for the nation’s tax accountants with an unprecedented three day outage....

DTA’s Paul Shetler resigns

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The man hand-picked by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to lead the digital transformation of the Australian Government, Paul Shetler, has resigned. Mr Shetler, who was hired as the chief executive...

Doors open for digital opportunity

Posted on   |  by Margaret Lim
Australia’s digital transformation leadership will gather in Canberra on Thursday to explore changes in the Commonwealth’s digital agenda, including a deep-dive look at ICT procurement reform, delivering better government...

Taylor flags tech regime change

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Senior public servants with concerns about how Angus Taylor’s new tech procurement plans will impact their run-of-business ICT operations should know more in the two weeks with the release...

Digital market will land opportunity

Posted on   |  by Beverley Head
Australia could benefit from closer digital relationships with English-speaking democracies according to Paul Shetler, chief digital officer at the Digital Transformation Agency. Sharing code and ideas among countries like...

Austrac builds intelligence future

Posted on   |  by Graeme Philipson
Austrac, the Australian Government’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing agency wants to get better engaged with the financial sector and the broader community. The agency has been undergoing a...

Inter-govt talks on digital identity

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The New South Wales Government is in serious talks with the Commonwealth to have its MyServiceNSW identity management infrastructure co-opted by the Australian Government. The move would allow ServiceNSW’s...