A troubled $300 million high security clearance system will not deliver what was initially promised, after public servants using the system in the trial phase were unable to access the system and were forced to use manual workarounds, leaving 43,500 applications delayed.
The scathing report from the Australian National Audit Office found Defence did not have proper oversight of the project, breaching Commonwealth Procurement Rules and landed as the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit prepares to run the ruler over this and other procurement debacles across the public service, with a new inquiry announced last week.
