Establishing New South Wales’ Data Analytics Centre and creating a regime where government entities are compelled to hand over data to it could rank as Victor Dominello’s single biggest achievement in public life, the NSW minister for innovation and better regulation told a conference today.
Addressing the Gartner Business Intelligence, Analytics & Information Management Summit in Sydney, the minister said that the DAC, established last year, had the potential to deliver better outcomes for NSW communities in areas ranging from fighting childhood obesity to efficient use of public safety resources.
“Governments that don’t have data, governments that don’t have information, make decisions in the dark – and that’s not good for any of us,” Dominello said.
Within NSW there are some 160 different government agencies, 20 state-owned corporations and 152 local councils, the minister said.
“Each and every one of these structures are collecting data – but do you think they’re sharing data?” Dominello said.
“There’s a culture inside government – and I imagine it’s in the corporate world as well – [where] you want to keep the data really close. Because once you share data – what do you do? You open yourself up to transparency and accountability.”
“And that’s brave; that’s bold,” the minister said. “But you need to do that in order to drive better outcomes.”
At the heart of the DAC is enabling legislation introduced last year by the state government.
Read More: http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/594426/how-data-analytics-could-reshape-nsw/
“Governments that don’t have data, governments that don’t have information, make decisions in the dark – and that’s not good for any of us,” Dominello said.
Within NSW there are some 160 different government agencies, 20 state-owned corporations and 152 local councils, the minister said.
“Each and every one of these structures are collecting data – but do you think they’re sharing data?” Dominello said.
“There’s a culture inside government – and I imagine it’s in the corporate world as well – [where] you want to keep the data really close. Because once you share data – what do you do? You open yourself up to transparency and accountability.”
“And that’s brave; that’s bold,” the minister said. “But you need to do that in order to drive better outcomes.”
At the heart of the DAC is enabling legislation introduced last year by the state government.
Read More: http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/594426/how-data-analytics-could-reshape-nsw/
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