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

A new audit of Western Australian state government entities found that procurement policies could be improved by defining “strategic consultancy advice”. The Commissioner of Main

Three agencies have failed to comply with the NSW Procurement Board’s Direction for engaging probity practitioners, the NSW Auditor-General has found. The audit, released by

Federal spending with companies that qualify as Indigenous-owned under the current procurement policy has ticked over $2 billion since mid-2015, but one outspoken Aboriginal businessman

Companies now have more options to challenge Commonwealth procurement decisions in the Federal Court following legislation that came into force over the Easter long weekend.

The federal government hopes its new ICT procurement policies will improve flexibility, increase innovation and enable more small business participation. Plus a new guide to

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

Leaders at the top level of the Australian Public Service will soon have a go-to list of executive coaches, and separately, foreign aid officials are

While the evidence base is thin, lessons about emerging practices and mitigation of risks associated with poorly designed public procurement policies are there for the

The Digital Marketplace where government agencies can purchase IT services now allows public servants to ask vendors for new solutions they didn’t know were available.

“Government outsourcing is under intense scrutiny,” writes a senior public servant. The quote could easily be about Australia, but it’s actually the head of the

The Prime Minister wants the public service to spend vastly more with Indigenous-owned suppliers, hoping to double down on the success of affirmative action in