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What should politicians be reading at parliamentary book club? Our experts make their picks

By Jane Howard

Editors' Picks

Books Create Australia has opened up nominations for their inaugural parliamentary book club. Anyone can nominate an Australian book written in the last five years…

Mobile shopfronts now serving veterans

By The Mandarin

Federal

The Department of Veterans' Affairs has hitched its wagon to the trucks that take Centrelink, Medicare and Child Support services on the road for those…

Former Finance secretary to review NDIS

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

Former Department of Finance secretary David Tune will review the National Disability Insurance Scheme in an effort to reduce wait times for participants. …

National gongs for digital government open to state, territory, local and federal projects

By The Mandarin

Australian Capital Territory

The Digital Transformation Agency has opened nominations for this year's Australian Digital Government Awards, which have replaced the federal government's ICT awards that were last…

Australia Post joins the 'digital identity federation', while Victoria stumbles

By Stephen Easton

Federal

Australia Post has become the second digital identity service provider to receive the trust-mark this week, with its Digital iD system joining the Commonwealth's own…

Government renews cloud deal with Microsoft

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

The government has renewed its whole-of-government Microsoft Volume Sourcing Arrangement (VSA) for the fourth time. The three-year deal will streamline cloud access for 98 federal…

Former NSW department head Martin Hoffman to lead Services Australia transition taskforce

By Stephen Easton

Communications & Technology

Former New South Wales department head Martin Hoffman lost out in recent machinery-of-government changes but has been hired by the Commonwealth government to guide the…

SMEs awarded $500 million through digital procurement platform

By Shannon Jenkins

More than $500 million in digital services contracts have been awarded through the Digital Marketplace, according to the Australian Government. This reaches a "significant milestone"…

Federal bulk-buy deal with Amazon Web Services open to all levels of government and universities

By Stephen Easton

Australian Capital Territory

A deal between the Commonwealth government and the cloud computing giant Amazon Web Services will simplify procurement of services for the whole public sector.

Is Services Australia the last great hope for federal digital transformation?

By Miguel Carrasco

Communications & Technology

The Australian government has often been a world leader in service-delivery innovation, but the time has come for the next wave of reform. And if…

New procurement policy published, suppliers must have a satisfactory tax record from July 1

By Stephen Easton

Federal

Treasury has published the new procurement policy that explains how the federal government plans to make “a satisfactory tax record” a condition of tendering for…

Former AGD secretary to review compensation for public service mistakes

By Stephen Easton

Federal

The Australian Taxation Office’s decisions on compensation for small business victims of “defective administration” are under review by a former head of the Attorney-General’s Department.

New minister, new look for all Human Services shopfronts

By Stephen Easton

Community & Social

The Department of Human Services hopes marketing will provide another opportunity for a fresh start, updating its physical shopfront fit-outs and making use of "the…

Who will be the new face of Human Services?

By The Mandarin

Community & Social

Human Services Minister Stuart Robert will not be returning to the ministry in the pending reshuffle, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced on Friday afternoon.

Big ICT projects, big risks: Human Services seeks help overseas

By Stephen Easton

News

Big ICT projects are risky and don't get much bigger than the Welfare Payments Infrastructure Transformation. The minister is seeking help overseas.