Tag: Services Australia

IBM contracts surge after whole of government deal

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Canberra’s largest government agencies have stuck multi-year deals with IBM worth more than $350 million following the arrival of the renegotiated whole-of-government agreement earlier this month. The Department of...

GovERP faces summer slowdown as SAP build enters new phase

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Work on the federal government’s massive enterprise resource planning system overhaul will be drastically cut back over the next two months, as the late-running multi-million-dollar project enters a new...

Delayed myGov app launches sans Medicare card

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government’s long-promised myGov app has finally launched, complete with a new digital wallet offering users the ability to prove their identity with a service provider using a...

Gershon 2.0: Services Aus cuts 1000 tech contractors

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
As many as 1000 technology contractors have been let go at Services Australia amid the federal government’s push to reduce its external workforce and following the end of several...

Cyber hub pilot extended as govt considers long-term future

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Efforts to centralise federal government networks through a handful of cyber hubs in Canberra’s biggest agencies will continue until the New Year, after the pilot program was extended. The...

David Thodey to lead major audit of myGov platform

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A panel of experts led by former CSIRO chair David Thodey will undertake a major audit of myGov promised by the federal government in the lead up to the...

Govt launches revamped myGov, says app still ‘coming soon’

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government has launched its revamped myGov platform, as its full attention now turns to delivering a long-promised smartphone app for accessing government services online. Services Australia flicked...

IBM trousers $39m ServicesAus mainframe upgrade

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
American tech giant IBM will be paid more than $39 million over the next five years to upgrade the mainframe environment serving federal government programs like Centrelink and Medicare....