Posted on 08/03/2015 7:32:16 PM PDT by markomalley
The Australian State of New South Wales has created a whole-of-government data analytics centre.
Innovation and better regulation minister Victor Dominello announced the centre yesterday, proclaiming that “Data is one of the greatest assets held by government, but when it’s buried away in bureaucracy it is of little value.”
“Whether it’s tackling crime, combatting obesity or addressing housing affordability, we cannot hope to develop solutions to the long-term challenges that our state faces without an effective whole-of-government data sharing platform,” he added.
A “specialist government steering committee” is figuring out just what the centre will do and “an industry advisory body will assist in guiding its ongoing work.”
Beyond that, the centre looks to be a a digital thought bubble: the thin announcement is devoid of details like budget, staff, whether new infrastructure will be acquired and if so of what sort, or the intended date for commencement of operations. How government agencies will interface with the centre is also a mystery, as are how the central bureau might address privacy.
Vulture South has asked the New South Wales department of finance, wherein the centre will lie, for more detail and will post it as, or if, it comes to hand. ®
Fascism.
At its best.
Doesn’t this sound similar to the “data sharing” and “coordination of intelligence data” that the Dept of Homeland Security was founded to accomplish?
Instead they miss telegrams about the Boston Bomber while they are busy groping people at airports.
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