Tom Burton: tech titans v. media moguls Thursday September 28, 2017 By Tom Burton Features The ACCC inquiry into the impact of big tech platforms like Google and Facebook on the media will be an opportunity to frame a new…
Ministerial tussle over cyber muscle goes cross border Monday September 18, 2017 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology Feds and NSW face off to attract investment bids.
Tom Burton: Taylor's tech changes analysed Wednesday August 23, 2017 By Tom Burton Communications & Technology The big tech review is a useful clean up of the notoriously clunky procurement system and a good start to getting more value for the…
Big ticket IT deals banned: Taylor's $100m contracts cap in tech clean-up Wednesday August 23, 2017 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology The days of big bang IT deals to mega vendors could be over. Reforms to stop agencies favouring large incumbent players will shrink deal sizes…
Finance reveals cloud procurement moves ahead of DTA overhaul Tuesday August 22, 2017 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology Whole of government Microsoft and ERP systems purchasing put into play amid shift to cloud.
Amazon Web Services gets physical with feds Monday June 5, 2017 By Julian Bajkowski Engagement Amazon Web Services is getting physical to be closer to federal cloud clients in Canberra, revealing it will put its infrastructure on the ground in…
Australia Post and DTA finally hook up on digital identity Friday May 19, 2017 By Julian Bajkowski News Online rail gauge disaster avoided?…
Tom Burton: new agency brings a new model of infrastructure funding Tuesday April 11, 2017 By Tom Burton Features A new infrastructure agency to be funded in the upcoming federal budget represents a major shift in thinking, which will bring new capabilities typically seen…
Angus Taylor: more tech procurement from small business Tuesday March 21, 2017 By Startup Smart News The federal government wants to allocate 10% of its $9 billion annual tech budget to small “entrepreneurial” players in the market, says federal Assistant Minister…
Angus Taylor confident 'DTA 2.0' can achieve its great expectations Tuesday February 21, 2017 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology INTERVIEW: The Digital Transformation Agency is reviewing all big federal IT projects but it will only get involved selectively, says Assistant Minister Angus Taylor.
DTA's command and control begins with review of ICT projects Friday February 17, 2017 By Harley Dennett Communications & Technology Government's ICT failures will never go away entirely but perhaps they can be mitigated with better oversight, central control and provider diversification — at least…
Tom Burton: what Taylor's digital transformation agenda means Friday December 16, 2016 By Tom Burton Features The federal digital transformation agenda promises to overhaul the operating model that has underpinned the public sector since WWII. It requires very different skills and…
Radical simplification for DTA agenda Friday December 16, 2016 By Julian Bajkowski News The Digital Transformation Agency has been given teeth. Its first roadmap culls 22 projects down to just five and reveals the biggest shift in decades…
First Commonwealth data fellows named Friday December 2, 2016 By The Mandarin News In a bid to boost the Commonwealth's data capacity, the government is offering three month intensive coaching opportunities. Its first five data fellows have been…
Taylor unwinds tech tender traps, flags digital government by consent Thursday November 24, 2016 By Julian Bajkowski News Recalibration of procurement and government as a service takes shape. Among the biggest shifts will way it approaches unsolicited proposals.
