Digital Transformation Agency

The Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) – an executive agency within the Australia’s Government’s Finance portfolio – supports the digital transformation of government services. Since 1 July 2022 it has done this by:

  • providing strategic leadership on whole-of-government and shared digital services (including sourcing and capability development)
  • delivering policies, standards and platforms for whole-of-government and shared digital service delivery
  • providing advice to agencies and the government on digital investment proposals
  • overseeing significant digital investments, assurance policy and framework, and the whole-of-government digital portfolio.[2]

Digital Transformation Agency
Agency overview
Formed14 October 2016 (2016-10-14)
Preceding agency
JurisdictionAustralian Government
HeadquartersCanberra, Australian Capital Territory[1]
35.2772293°S 149.1223719°E / -35.2772293; 149.1223719
Employees214 (at 30 June 2022)
Annual budgetAUD$76.24 million (2022–23)
Minister responsible
  • Katy Gallagher, Minister for Finance, Minister for Women and Minister for the Public Service
Agency executive
  • Chris Fechner, Chief Executive Officer[1]
Parent departmentDepartment of Finance
Websitedta.gov.au

Commonwealth Digital and ICT Investment Oversight Framework

In overseeing the Australian Government’s large digital investment portfolio, the DTA operates under the Commonwealth Digital and ICT Investment Oversight Framework. The six states of this Investment Oversight Framework enable the effective management of the Commonwealth’s digital investments across the project lifecycle.[3]

  • Strategic planning – advising, implementing and evaluating the government’s digital strategic direction to ensure the best possible digital services and outcomes.[4]
  • Prioritisation – prioritising, planning and advising on the short, medium and longer-term pipeline of government agency digital investments proposals.[5]
  • Contestability – making sure investment proposals considered by Cabinet are robust, meet required standards and align with relevant government digital policies.[6]
  • Assurance – providing assurance to government that funded digital projects are on track to deliver expected benefits.[7]
  • Digital sourcing – delivering value-for-money arrangements to simplify government procurement of digital products (including single-seller arrangements, panels/marketplaces and BuyICT.com.au).[8]
  • Operation – regularly collecting data on digital projects, as well as digital business-as-usual arrangements to garner information on the size, health and maturity of the government’s investment portfolio (including emerging technology, reuse and shared capabilities, and workforce considerations).[9]

The Australian Government Architecture – a key part of the Investment Oversight Framework – consists of strategies, policies, standards and designs that encourage standardisation, reuse of technologies and platforms, and effective design of, and investment, in modern digital capabilities across government.[10]

History

The DTA’s predecessor is the Digital Transformation Office, which was formed on 23 January 2015.[11] The Office was in charge of digitising and managing various government services.[12] It was primarily responsible for managing the myGov website and app.[13] On 14 October 2016 it was renamed the Digital Transformation Agency.[14]

The DTA has been responsible for the management and maintenance of several different whole-of-government platforms, including:

References
  1. "Digital Transformation Agency". Australian Government Directory. 4 June 2020. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  2. "Order to identify the Minister responsible for the Digital Transformation Agency, and to Specify Functions for the Digital Transformation Agency". Federal Register of Legislation. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  3. "Digital and ICT Investment Oversight Framework". Digital Transformation Agency. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  4. "Strategic Planning". Digital Transformation Agency. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  5. "Prioritisation". Digital Transformation Agency. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  6. "Contestability". Digital Transformation Agency. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  7. "Assurance". Digital Transformation Agency. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  8. "Sourcing". Digital Transformation Agency. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  9. "Operations". Digital Transformation Agency. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  10. "Australian Government Architecture". Digital Transformation Agency. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  11. Abbott, Tony (23 January 2015). "Establishment of a Digital Transformation Office" (Press release). Canberra, Australia. PM&C. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  12. "Digital Transformation Office established by Communications Dept". The Mandarin. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  13. Agency, Digital Transformation (13 September 2018). "Annual Report 2016–17: 2. Agency performance". www.dta.gov.au. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  14. Barbaschow, Asha. "Canberra creates Digital Transformation Agency from DTO". ZDNet. Archived from the original on 16 October 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  15. "myGov set for Facebook-like overhaul". iTnews. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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