Recognising the ethical issues around digital transformation and allowing ethics to shape the design process is a key challenge, and will be for the next decade. Read More
Every process and object can potentially be connected, captured and analysed. Using these insights, smart governments will have unprecedented ability to make intelligent, informed decisions that improve people’s lives. Read More
For government, being able to streamline or automate high frequency, low risk decisions is at a critical stage. Faced with a flood of information, government departments, public sector leaders and executive groups are exploring new decision-making techniques and tools. Read More
The Department of Human Services has opened a new centre of excellence to work on the next generation of digital assistants to support service delivery. But first, agencies need to provide joined up services across portfolios and different levels of government. Read More
As we rely more on technology in healthcare, it’s vital that we maintain security and resilience at the heart of everything that develops in a digital sense. Read More
It's easy to get excited about the potential for robots to help care for the sick, injured and elderly, but we need the right regulations in place to deal with issues as they emerge. Read More
The aim of the Act is to move towards live monitoring of government activities. To achieve this, government must embrace new means of analytics, such as artificial intelligence. Read More
Combating bias and creating more inclusive AI is unlikely to succeed unless developers include those people who have been historically excluded or ignored. Read More
The wealth of data available to government today can be overwhelming. But is it useful? And if so, how do you generate useful analytic insights to support decision making? Read More
Patricia Kelly turned IP Australia from a bureaucratic backwater into one of the most forward-looking agencies in the APS. Read More
How to avoid a world of technology-driven haves and have-nots as the digital transformation is effected. Karen Chester suggests a range of practical measures to get us there. Read More
The Australian Human Rights Commission will be tackling the human rights implications of emerging technology with local and international leaders in industry, government and academia at a landmark event in Sydney on Tuesday 24 July. Read More
We're constantly told artificial intelligence and big data will change our jobs, but history shows we shouldn't be surprised if the benefits are still many years off. Read More
Australia is not alone in confronting malicious cyber attacks. Many governments face similar threats and can learn from each other’s approaches and the technologies they are deploying. First, there are several myths public agencies need to get over if they are to build deep resilience against cyber attack. Ari Weil, a US cyber technology expert and the strategic product leader at Akamai explains. Read More
A new $1b deal by the Digital Transformation Agency secures a suite of high-tech services for 900 federal agencies, including three regional hubs for blockchain, AI and quantum computing. Read More
