New DTA chief aims to prove a 'start-up' can be effective inside the public service Thursday October 25, 2018 By Stephen Easton Communications & Technology 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…
What we call 'innovation' must become the norm: David Hazlehurst Tuesday May 2, 2017 By Stephen Easton Features 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…
Disrupt. Develop. Display: month of innovation kicks off Tuesday July 5, 2016 By David Donaldson and Stephen Easton Features 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…
Public servants can become innovation leaders Tuesday January 19, 2016 By Stephen Easton Career Advice 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…
Industry portfolio gets first shakeup, points way for APS restructures Friday July 17, 2015 By Harley Dennett News 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…
A new way to speak to government Tuesday May 12, 2015 By Tom Burton News 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…
DTO interim chief: public, private sector will solve pain points Tuesday April 7, 2015 By Tom Burton News 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…
Statistical anomaly? Treasury's David Gruen to PM&C, not ABS Wednesday September 17, 2014 By Stephen Easton News 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…
