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DTA rejects govt’s own CMS to buy Adobe

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 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...

DTA consultant contracts running super hot

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
McKinsey has won a near-$1 million contract to assist with a new visa processing platform being developed by the Digital Transformation Agency, following a failed attempt to outsource the...

Deloitte’s GovDXP work bill doubles to $20m

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Deloitte’s price tag to develop its prototype for a revamped, social network-inspired myGov update into a working beta product has been doubled. The consulting giant will now receive nearly...

McKinsey lands $1m three-month myGov deal

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government will pay consulting giant McKinsey nearly $1 million to develop a business case for its Facebook-inspired myGov update over the next three months. The Digital Transformation...

Consultant risk for new ServicesAus

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The new Services Australia department provides an opportunity to improve the digital delivery of government services, but it cannot just replicate its NSW counterpart and rely on outsourcing, according...

Hoffman report delivered to govt

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Martin Hoffman-led strategic plan for the federal government’s new Services Australia department has been completed, after consultants were handed nearly $1 million to assist with the six-week project....

Outsourcing is on the nose: CPSU

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government’s six-week, $858,000 deal with McKinsey to provide advice on the design of Services Australia has been slammed by the public sector union, with fears it will lead...

Expensive reliance on outside advice

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government’s use of external consultants to design Services Australia is “deeply concerning” and risks the new department having an “expensive, debilitating dependency” on outsourcing, according to the deputy...

ServicesAus win for McKinsey, KPMG

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government has called in the big consultanty firms McKinsey and KPMG to help design its new Services Australia department, with the companies sharing in nearly $1 million for...