{"id":70017,"date":"2021-03-09T11:20:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T11:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationaus.com\/?p=16467"},"modified":"2021-03-09T11:20:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T11:20:38","slug":"visa-outsourcing-is-a-very-bad-idea-cpsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/03\/09\/visa-outsourcing-is-a-very-bad-idea-cpsu\/","title":{"rendered":"Visa outsourcing is a very bad idea: CPSU"},"content":{"rendered":"
The public sector union <\/strong>has urged the federal government to reconsider its latest attempt to outsource the development of a visa processing platform, labelling it another \u201crush to use consultants\u201d for work that should be done by the APS.<\/p>\n The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has written to the Department of Home Affairs to begin discussions on the decision to contract out the development of a new \u201cpermissions capability\u201d to eventually be used across the APS for a range of government services.<\/p>\n The Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) late last year issued a tender looking for a private company to build a base platform that is capable of handling the digitisation of incoming passenger declaration cards and a simple digital visa application. This platform would then be used more widely across the APS as a permissions capability.<\/p>\n