| Recommendation: 18 | Share and protect data for better services and policies, and make data open by default | Overall status: Complete |
| Thodey guidance | Status | Delivery on Thodey |
|---|---|---|
| Legislate a data sharing and release framework to enable data-sharing across the APS and with trusted partners (including states and territories), with strong privacy and security protections. | Complete | The Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022 commenced on 1 April 2022, establishing a new, best practice scheme for sharing Australian Government data, consistent with the Privacy Act 1988. |
| Government to prioritise investment in the Office of the National Data Commissioner and Data Integration Partnership for Australia to support effective and contemporary data governance and infrastructure and build data analytics capability. | Continuing | The Government has funded a whole-of-government platform for eligible users to request access to Australian Government data, manage data sharing agreements and apply for accreditation under the Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022. The Office of the National Data Commissioner is currently working with more than 20 APS agencies to help them discover their data by developing data inventories using a standard methodology. The ONDC has a team of data experts, metadata standards and guidance material to assist APS agencies develop data inventories. |
| DTA to prioritise APS data integration and protection architecture in developing the whole-of-government ICT blueprint (recommendation 14). | Complete | See recommendation 14 for delivery update. |
| Agencies to make all non-sensitive data open by default consistent with the Australian Government Public Data Statement 2015. | Complete | The Data and Digital Government Strategy includes a commitment that all APS agencies will make non-sensitive data open by default and have formal controls for sharing of more sensitive data under agreements to ensure privacy, security and ethical use. |