Outsourcers opened to unions under government procurement reforms Economy & Industry With contracts eating culture for lunch every day, managed service providers never had a union option until now. It only took 20 years.
NSW public sector to leverage achievements and strengths of people with disability December 4, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social More NSW government departments are able to harness the skills and experience of people with diverse abilities, according to Kate Washington.
Government’s latest annual audit work program goes live November 1, 2022 By Melissa Coade Community & Social The ANAO will tackle 23 broad areas in its audit strategy for 2022-23, including the Attorney-General’s Department, Defence, Education, Finance, DFAT, Home Affairs, Health and Aged Care.
Partner Content Building a better digital experience for citizens December 14, 2021 By The Mandarin Around the world public sector agencies are adopting digital transformation to build better services for people and communities. Digital transformation has already improved the service quality of commercial organisations, raising people’s expectations and putting pressure on government agencies to provide similar service experiences. Transformation can bring new benefits to individuals or entire communities, enabling data-driven […]
NSW makes ‘landmark’ investment to boost DV support services October 21, 2021 By Melissa Coade Community & Social NSW has announced a ‘landmark’ sum of money to help thousands of women and children escaping domestic abuse.
Commissioning NSW hopes to straighten out the tangled web of government insourcing October 22, 2019 By Stephen Easton Economy & Industry Public servants engaging the machinery of government to handle service delivery should follow clear processes just as they do when outsourcing services, according to the New South Wales government’s experts on commissioning and contestability.
Understanding demand to prevent market failures in the NDIS May 6, 2019 By Flavio Souza Features How can the NDIA help service providers make informed business choices, and stimulate their participation in the scheme, when real market data on demand is unavailable for this newly-forming disability sector?
Disability workforce strategy mostly a rehash, says key stakeholder group March 26, 2019 By Stephen Easton Federal Much of the federal government’s newly published disability workforce strategy is “a rehash of old news”, says National Disability Services chief executive David Moody, who seems to believe most of the document’s content was prepared back in 2015.
Partner Content Flexible, affordable, practical: what cloud really offers government June 7, 2018 By Julian Bajkowski The demands, expectations and security of government information and technology carry a different weighting of governance and public expectation. Microsoft Azure finally unleashes the capacity to deliver innovative and efficient solutions to radically improve government programs.