Tag: GovDXP

Leveraging but not lowballing: Deloitte defends myGov work

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Consulting giant Deloitte has denied it used a “lowballing” tactic to gain an inside track on the government’s online services platform work after its subsequent contract tripled to $28...

DTA, Deloitte and Adobe, and the myGov windfall

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Auditor-General’s damning assessment of procurement practices at the Digital Transformation Agency highlights an urgent need for a closer examination of how the federal government selects and acquires technology....

Govt won’t reveal other myGov panel contractors

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government has declined to name the companies that were selected for a panel last year to work on the myGov redevelopment project, while responsibility for contracting for the...

Deloitte’s myGov beta work quietly tops $30m

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government has quietly handed Deloitte a further $1.2 million for work on the myGov beta to cover an additional two months’ work, with the consulting giant now having...

Local tech misses out on federal opportunities

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Digital Transformation Agency has signed its seventh whole-of-government purchasing agreement with a foreign-headquartered tech giant – this time it is with Oracle – with the expressed aim to...

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...

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....

Deloitte contract with DTA triples to $28.1m

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Consulting giant Deloitte has landed a $5 million pay rise from the Digital Transformation Agency for its work on a new social network-inspired myGov platform, while its rival KPMG...

DTA to build new visa processing platform

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Digital Transformation Agency has been handed responsibility for developing a new visa processing system after a botched attempt to contract this job to the private sector which cost...