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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.

 
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Mission 3 | Objective 3A

11. 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 department

Department of Customer Service

Priority

Medium

NSW benefits

Clarity on need for regulatory change

Mission 3 | Objective 3A

12. Inform the community about how government uses, manages and protects data 
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Description

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

Lead department

Department of Customer Service

Priority

Low

NSW benefits

Transparency and trust built with community

Mission 3 | Objective 3A

13. 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 department

Department of Customer Service

Priority

Low

NSW benefits

Social licence building and testing mechanisms are identified

Mission 3 | Objective 3B

14. Collectively develop a cross-sector plan and register of use cases to leverage emerging technologies
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Description

Making it easier for agencies to use emerging technology in a coordinated and safe way

Lead department

Department of Customer Service

Priority

Medium

NSW benefits

Reduced duplication of effort and increased proactive planning

Mission 3 | Objective 3B

15. 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 department

Department of Customer Service

Priority

Medium

NSW benefits

Clarity on requirements for AI data practice

Mission 4 | Objective 4A

16. 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 sharing, tools, and to leverage infrastructure to deliver better insights

Lead department

Department of Customer Service

Priority

High

NSW benefits

Clarity on requirements for AI data practice

Mission 4 | Objective 4A

17. Increase use of cross-sector data governance and management tools
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Description

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

Lead department

Department of Customer Service

Priority

High

NSW benefits

Clarity on requirements for AI data practice

Mission 4 | Objective 4A

18. 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 department

Department of Customer Service

Priority

High

NSW benefits

Clarity on requirements for AI data practice

Mission 4 | Objective 4A

19. Share resources and implement initiatives to uplift data maturity across the sector
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Description

Lift sector-wide data maturity through sharing knowledge, resources and other initiatives

Lead department

Department of Customer Service

Priority

Medium

NSW benefits

Clarity on requirements for AI data practice

Mission 4 | Objective 4A

20. Evaluate the appropriateness of the spatial data governance framework for use in other domains
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Description

Consider opportunities to use the spatial data governance framework in other data domains to better support NSW Government priorities

Lead department

Department of Customer Service

Priority

High

NSW benefits

Clarity on requirements for AI data practice

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