One of the items, I did note in the budget was the funding for the
Office of the Information Commissioner.
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner Outcome 1
Total $14,399,000 (and below this $12,610,000)
This morning, there was a suggestion on the radio, that he would be
working from home to save money.
Also, that the gov tried to scrap but could not get this past Greens/Labor
Marghanita
On 04/05/16 18:21, Roger Clarke wrote:
At 17:00 +1000 4/5/16, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
As a reuser of government data (Annandale Short Walk Books
http://ramin.com.au/walks/) I welcome this:
Public data. The data that is produced and held by the Australian
Government is a
national resource with the potential to help grow the economy, stimulate
innovation, improve service delivery and enable more targeted policy
outcomes. ...
If the interpretation of 'data that is produced and held by the Australian
Government' excludes personal data, then I'm sure many of us would join you in
welcoming it.
But there are reasons to believe that they mean it to *include* personal data.
So some qualifications to the enthusiasm are needed.
A key context is the Productivity Commission Inquiry into 'Data Availability
and Use'.
Its Terms of Reference are laced with mentions of personal data.
This includes a strong agenda to force the big banks to donate their vast
treasure-trove of people's credit-related data to Equifax.
(Equifax is the US consumer-profiling behemoth that has recently taken over the
Australian all-but-monoploy on credit reporting, Veda - which originated as the
industry association CRAA).
The Terms of Reference also make blithe assumptions about personal data being
easily anonymised, irrespective of how rich the data-set is.
So the stage is set for a right royal scrap.
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At 17:00 +1000 4/5/16, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
As a reuser of government data (Annandale Short Walk Books
http://ramin.com.au/walks/) I welcome this:
Public data. The data that is produced and held by the Australian
Government is a
national resource with the potential to help grow the economy, stimulate
innovation, improve service delivery and enable more targeted policy
outcomes.
The Prime Minister's December 2015 Australian Government Public Data
Policy
Statement is an important step towards the better management of this
national
resource. It commits Australian Government agencies to optimise the
use and reuse
of public data; to release non-sensitive data as 'open' by default;
and to collaborate
with the private and research sectors to share valuable public data
for the benefit of
the Australian public. Requests for access to public data can be made via
data.gov.au.
http://www.budget.gov.au/2016-17/content/bp4/html/
As would Google:
A data-sharing agreement obtained by New Scientist shows that Google DeepMind's
collaboration with the NHS goes far beyond what it has publicly announced
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2086454-revealed-google-ai-has-access-to-huge-haul-of-nhs-patient-data#link
Marghanita
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