PM asks APS to publish gift registers: News Corp achieves what the auditor-general could not Tuesday September 3, 2019 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology Prime Minister Scott Morrison has decided Australian Public Service agencies should publish their lists of gifts and benefits.
Federal agencies required to use new legal panel for 'bulk' of legal work Tuesday August 20, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry The Attorney General has announced the 62 successful law firms that will make up the first whole-of-government Legal Services Panel. The panel will provide 90%…
Keeping names of public servants out of FOI: privacy protection ... or just a bit precious? Thursday July 18, 2019 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology It is standard practice to block out the names of all but the most senior public servants from documents released under the Freedom of Information…
APS commissioner Peter Woolcott takes the field for NAIDOC footy comp, but AGD wins the day Friday July 12, 2019 By Stephen Easton Australian Capital Territory The Attorney-General's Department has won the 17th NAIDOC Week touch football carnival for public servants. Australian Public Service commissioner Peter Woolcott took the field this…
Odd logic: why the Morrison government won't mandate Essential Eight cyber controls Wednesday April 17, 2019 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology In an unusual piece of logic, the federal government says it will not mandate the Australian Signals Directorate’s Essential Eight information security controls for all…
How a WA department's graduate program came out on top of the nation Thursday March 21, 2019 By Stephen Easton Career Advice Australia's best public sector grad programs, indexed. Public sector agencies generally don’t do enough to explain what working in a government department is really like…
Federal ICAC back on the agenda in federal parliament Monday October 29, 2018 By Stephen Easton Engagement With the Morrison government losing its lower-house majority, Attorney-General Christian Porter is ready to discuss ways to strengthen the Commonwealth public sector integrity system.
Movers & shakers: depsecs in AGD, Communications Friday August 17, 2018 By The Mandarin Career Matters New Senior Executive Services promotions in the Australian government, including two acting deputy secretaries officially promoted to Band 3 following experience in the PMO and…
Auditor-general still waiting on cyber resilience in the Commonwealth Wednesday July 25, 2018 By Stephen Easton Case studies Poor information security in government can have serious consequences for individual citizens and organisations in the community, but cyber resilience is still too rare in…
Cleared for transformation: procurement reform precedes protective security upgrades Tuesday July 10, 2018 By Stephen Easton Career Advice The Australian Government Security Vetting Agency is considering a range of advice from the constellation of companies that do its leg-work as it devises a plan…
Promoted Digital transformation to move out of the cloud and into reality Tuesday June 5, 2018 By Vault Systems Career Advice A key element of digital transformation for government agencies is a migration to the cloud which enables greater levels of access, communication while also lowering…
Security problems surround the Commonwealth's agencies Thursday May 17, 2018 By Stephen Easton Editors' Picks The federal government is facing multiple problems with its own security, including alarming claims from Parliament House whistleblowers just in time for Senate estimates. The…
Tom Burton: Canberra creates a brave new data world Thursday May 3, 2018 By Tom Burton Editors' Picks It is hard to overstate the importance of the federal government’s decision to create a consumer right over the data created about them. The Mandarin's…
Audit ambit: more scrutiny on federal contract deals Friday March 16, 2018 By Stephen Easton Features The federal audit committee is gearing up for round two of its inquiry into the messy world of contractors and consultants, as the auditor-general prepares…
'So far, so good' for Home Affairs, but ABF chief still out in cold Tuesday February 27, 2018 By Stephen Easton News It is still not clear whether Australian Border Force commissioner Roman Quaedvlieg will ever join the new department, despite a series of new facts on…
