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Commitments

Commitments are published actions NSW Government agencies have agreed to work on in the defined timeframe. Each Mission in the strategy has associated commitments to work towards their objectives.

Mission 3 | Objective 3A

11. Explore privacy enhancing technologies that make data sharing safer
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Understanding the opportunities and tools that agencies could consider to enhance data privacy

Lead agency

Department of Customer Service

Priority

Medium

NSW benefits

Strategies for safer data sharing identified

Mission 3 | Objective 3A

12. Monitor and assess the regulatory environment for data privacy and sharing, and assess the need for regulatory change
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Description

Identifying more ways to make data sharing easier and safer for agencies

Lead agency

Department of Customer Service

Priority

Low

NSW benefits

Clarity on need for regulatory change

Mission 3 | Objective 3A

13. Inform the community about how government holds, manages and protects data, and uses it in decision making
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Description

Giving people true and clear information on government’s data practices

Lead agency

Department of Customer Service

Priority

Medium

NSW benefits

Transparency and trust built with community

Mission 3 | Objective 3A

14. Explore approaches to building and testing social licence
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Description

Explore opportunities to increase community trust in Government’s data practices and to meet community expectations of safe and ethical data use

Lead agency

Department of Customer Service

Priority

Low

NSW benefits

Social licence building and testing mechanisms are identified

Mission 3 | Objective 3A

15. Develop and adopt cross-sector inclusion by design practices
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Explore opportunities to increase community trust in Government’s data practices and to meet community expectations of safe and ethical data use

Lead agency

Department of Customer Service

Priority

Medium

NSW benefits

Government data is more inclusive of NSW citizens regardless of abilities, background or identities

Mission 3 | Objective 3B

16. Collectively develop a cross-sector plan and register of use cases to leverage emerging technologies
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Making it easier for agencies to use emerging technology in a coordinated and safe way

Lead agency

Department of Customer Service

Priority

Medium

NSW benefits

Reduced duplication of effort and increased proactive planning

Mission 3 | Objective 3B

17. The NSW AI strategy sets the direction for data management practices that support safe and ethical use of AI
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Description

AI Strategy includes guidance on data management in the context of AI. capability building, partnerships, balanced regulation, standards adoption, and agile operating models

Lead agency

Department of Customer Service

Priority

High

NSW benefits

The NSW AI strategy sets the direction for data management practices that support safe and ethical use of AI

Mission 4 | Objective 4A

18. Adopt common, interoperable data standards for use across agencies and their contractors
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Description

Establish coordinated, common practices, and data standards across agencies to improve data quality, sharing, tools, and to leverage infrastructure to deliver better insights

Lead agency

Department of Customer Service

Priority

High

NSW benefits

Increased data quality, sharing, use and comparability across agencies 

Mission 4 | Objective 4A

19. Increase use of cross-sector data governance and management tools, including Metadata.NSW, Data Passport, and adoption of State Digital Assets, including NSW Spatial Digital Twin
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Description

Increase the number of agencies and teams that use shared data tools and resources

Lead agency

Department of Customer Service

Priority

High

NSW benefits

Increase in consistency and streamlined use of government platforms, assets and services

Mission 4 | Objective 4A

20. Measure and report on data maturity across the sector
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Description

Leverage insights from data maturity assessments to inform data maturity uplift across the sector

Lead agency

Department of Customer Service

Priority

High

NSW benefits

Data maturity uplift is measured. Information is available to inform maturity uplift initiatives.