Tag: Services Australia

Deloitte lands new $4.5m contract for myGov work

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has handed Deloitte a contract worth $4.5 million for further work on the new myGov platform, bringing the consulting giant’s total bill for the project to...

myGov vendor selection creates work delay

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Work is yet to begin on the pivotal second stage of the federal government’s myGov redevelopment, with a private contractor yet to be selected for the project. The Digital...

DTA to lose 30+ staff despite digital push

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Digital Transformation Agency will lose more than 30 staff this financial year despite average staffing levels across the public sector increasing. The federal budget showed the Digital Transformation...

Billion-dollar IT project likely to miss key goal

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The primary goal of the billion-dollar, seven-year project to redevelop the tech system underpinning Australia’s welfare payments would likely not be achieved, while Services Australia had not appropriately managed...

Telstra rolls out anti-phishing pilot for feds

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Telstra will roll out a program to block malicious text messages pretending to be from Services Australia agencies by the end of the year, with the federal government looking...

DTA seeks new myGov platform provider

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The DTA is on the hunt for an organisation to help design a revamped myGov platform, building on a $1 million prototype made by Deloitte. The Digital Transformation Agency...

ServicesAus wants a 24/7 data check on welfare

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government is on the hunt for a private company to provide it a 24/7 data platform allowing it to conduct searches to verify information about welfare recipients....

ServicesAus gets a structural facelift

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Services Australia will be up and running as an executive agency rather than a department from February next year, and the Department of Communications has been rolled in with...

Robert unveils new ServicesAus plan

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Coalition will move towards a whole-of-government technology architecture and more “agile” funding models for IT projects as part of what it calls a ‘revolutionary’ new Services Australia department,...