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An Anonymous Coward writes:

Jealous of America's ability to assign a single unique identifier to every single person, Australia is planning on creating single identity named myGovID to be used when interacting with government agencies. The first agency to use this new one ID for everything will be the Australian Tax Office which is currently in the throes of converting to Agile and escaping the clutches of Accenture.

The plan is to create a Trusted Digital Identity Framework which will keep individuals' data secure. No, really. For a start, the form used to register with the system will need to be taken to an Australia Post office so physical identity documents can be identified. There is no word on whether or not Australia Post will take the information for its own MyPost system for which the government has thrown millions at with no benefit seen to date other than to create yet another online store of data to be cracked by thieves. This is yet another uncosted project being delivered by the same government who brought their country a fibre network build with copper.

Fortunately for Australians this project is in the hands on the inept Digital Transformation Agency which has a reputation for non-delivery and had a recent name change to remove itself from projects undertaken in the name of the DTO which suffered from a lack of focus and neglect. Pundits are claiming that this will be the next iteration of the loudly lambasted Australia Card. The DTA expect that the government will move almost all services online in the next seven years, which should say everything that needs to be said about the DTO, err DTA or whatever they name it to next time.

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