The Digital Transformation Agency’s third permanent chief executive wants it to be “a start-up that operates effectively in government” and acknowledges it still has to… Read More
APS leaders have been pushing innovation for the past decade, as the term has become more clearly defined through a specific set of skills and methodologies. David Hazlehurst argues these must become second nature to public servants, before the enthusiasm wanes. Read More
David Hazlehurst and Martin Bowles have launched Innovation Month, with a packed schedule of events across the country. Plus five key leadership behaviours to help foster innovation. Read More
Can public servants become the next innovation leaders, as the government has promised? Last year was littered with examples showing it's not so far-fetched, say optimistic Industry Department officials. Read More
Restructures at two federal portfolios, Industry and Defence, give the first concrete indications of what the Australian Public Service will look like in the Thawley/Lloyd era. Accountability back in the hands of agency heads, with increasing need for cooperation, means those who work across aisles get noticed. Read More
It’s online, secure and you can literally speak to government. The Digital Transformation Office has been given a mandate to make all government services online by 2017. Read More
FIRST INTERVIEW: The Digital Transformation Office model will be where government creates the platform and provides wholesale services, while the private sector builds front-line services off government platforms. Acting CEO David Hazlehurst talks to The Mandarin. Read More
Media reports insisted Dr David Gruen would become the next chief statistician. Instead, he's turned up in Prime Minister and Cabinet as a deputy secretary on economic matters. Read More
