New DTA marketplace live, several procurement crackdowns included Communications & Technology Digital Marketplace Panel 2 has landed for tech suppliers to the government; gender-equity-target failure exclusions are on the way.
Federal tech wreck probe extended to APS IT skills shortage March 12, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology There is a hunt for answers over the growing list of problematic APS tech projects that are rising in cost.
Public servants, IT vendors face fresh probe into APS tech wrecks March 4, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Australian Capital Territory The Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit inquiry has been expanded to capture beleaguered Defence, Finance, Health and DEWR IT builds.
Premium Case studies Will GovERP demise open door for locals? November 29, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology The ERP space is heavily contested. So will locals actually get a look-in and will it matter this time around?
APS shared services declared a dud, GovERP axed November 28, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology Labor has walked away from technology centralisation orthodoxy, with Finance taking a step back from directly controlling or dictating agency tech choices.
Leigh warns on vendor and platform lock-ins for APS use of AI November 17, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology AI’s primary public service purpose should be to do good, not attack targets. That means contestable alternatives, not another oligopoly.
Premium Insights and analysis Mike Pezzullo’s career crater gives Albanese licence to demilitarise APS September 26, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Editors' Picks If luck is the confluence of opportunity and circumstance, Albo just hit the respin feature on reworking immigration policy.
Premium Insights and analysis Big four consultancy scandals born of APS tech skills abandonment August 21, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Federal The lines between consulting firms, outsourcers and vendors have been blurring for a decade.
Shorten sticks it to big IT vendors over digital identity stalling August 9, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social Bill Shorten argues access to digital identity is becoming a class issue. The question now is how quickly Labor can deliver.
Premium Insights and analysis Policymakers left at the station as the AI express gets a head of steam June 7, 2023 By Peter Gearin Communications & Technology AI discussions have moved from frameworks and strategies to regulations and legislation because trust in government is at stake.
APS tech recruitment failure casts $21 billion-long shadow workforce May 8, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Australian Capital Territory The vast majority of a ‘secret’ and ‘shadow’ 54,000 APS headcount is simply IT contractors not willing to become actual public servants.
O’Neil immigration and visa overhaul primes major tech migration reset April 27, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Economy & Industry Don’t be surprised if there’s a special tech visa in the works to turn expensive IT contractors into permanent residents sometime very soon.
Is David Thodey a prospect for the Reserve Bank board? March 2, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Federal As chair of local payments stalwart Tyro, David Thodey could not be a prospect for the Reserve Bank Board. That changed on Wednesday.
ASIC’s $1.5bn registry overhaul could be junked for new system February 10, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology The list of troubled tech projects financial services minister Stephen Jones has inherited is growing, with a review into ASIC’s registers.
Procurement study finds government still stifling SMEs October 21, 2022 By Julian Bajkowski Economy & Industry A landmark survey of Australian tech SMEs who sell to government exposes big obstacles for local firms trying to win public sector business.