Tag: outsourcing

Katy Gallagher on in-house consulting model for APS

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
An in-house consulting unit will be established within the federal government to provide professional services to agencies, reducing the reliance on external consultants, while contractors will be used “only...

McKinsey sees 50 per cent fall in federal revenue

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
US management consulting firm McKinsey saw an almost 50 per cent drop in federal government revenue last financial year, as the surge of contracts it experienced early in the...

Govt handing KPMG $1 million every day

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The cost of federal government contracts awarded to KPMG leapt to $373 million last financial year, with the consulting giant pocketing more than a million dollars a day from...

Contractors surge at Defence amid workforce pressures

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The number of external contractors working at the Department of Defence has grown by 55 per cent since the start of the pandemic, as the ongoing skills shortage takes...

Dept of Health’s Covid contracts ‘out of control’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s reliance on contractors and consultants for key COVID-19 response work is “out of control” and is not building capability for the next major crisis, the public...

On govt tech outsourcing and tax obligations

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Greater scrutiny of historical tax behaviour of tech giants should be considered by governments when awarding IT contracts, according to corporate tax experts who argue giving the work to...

ServicesAus’ tech delivery ‘run down’ by outsourcing

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Services Australia has been “run down” by a reliance on outsourcing and private contractors which has led to substandard ICT delivery programs, the public sector union says. In a...