Democratizing Analytics in the Public Sector

Transforming Data into Breakthroughs for the Public Sector The global pandemic that we are still living through has changed much of the way society operates, though even before the onset of COVID-19, most people accepted that modern societies were data-driven. Data is essentially the fuel that powers our societies, and it is so pervasive that the latest DOMO ‘Data Never Sleeps 9.0’ report found that the total amount of global data consumed in 2021 was 79 zettabytes (1021), projected to grow to 180 zettabytes by 2025. These numbers are staggering in their magnitude, but to the average citizen they are …

Speaker Spotlight Q&A: Julia Wong, IT Accessibility Compliance Officer, Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services 

For nearly 20 years, Julia Wong has been instrumental in addressing accessibility issues within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts through her knowledge of general accessibility standards and compliance, Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, WCAG2 standards, as well as testing and remediation of various forms of electronic mediums. She has contributed to the accessibility standards for the Commonwealth by co-authoring the original state standards and the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) Secretariat Accessibility Policy. In her current role as the EOHHS Accessibility Compliance Officer, she ensures that EOHHS agencies are creating website content and developing applications that are …

Data Management & Analytics Roadshow 2022 Highlights

This year's Data Management and Analytics Roadshow focused on exploring emerging techniques for data visualisation such as Data Sharing and Artificial Intelligence, as we shared real-world case studies and engage in thought-provoking roundtables.

Enterprise Architecture in the Modern Public Sector

The timing for the reinvention was right because after languishing in obscurity for over a decade, enterprise architecture (EA) was also “being reborn within the government of Canada. In fact, in 2016 the practice of EA was renewed across all government agencies and was reimagined as a conceptual blueprint that defines the structure and operation of an organization considering and aligning business, information, data, applications, technology, security and privacy domains to support strategic outcomes. The Office of the CIO is therefore ultimately responsible for the expectations related to EA, and for “defining the current and target architecture standards. EA alone …

Transforming Emergency Service Organisations through Collaboration and Leadership

At the Transforming Emergency Service Organisations through Collaboration and Leadership virtual event as part of the Public Sector Network Defence, Security and Justice National Insights, we heard from Jodie Pearson, Superintendent, Western Australia Police Force and Janelle Baily, Assistant Director, Data Science and Analytics, Western Australia Police Force as they dived into policing in a technology enabled future. In this article they explore: Given the distances and the scope of their reach, which includes a number of very remote communities, all they are really trying to do is to “address some of the fundamental policing principles, which are pretty simple …

Sustaining Digital Transformation beyond COVID Times

At the recent Sustaining Digital Transformation Beyond COVID Times event as part of the Digital Government and CX National Insights Series, we heard from Michelle Dowdell, First Assistant Secretary, Digital Technology Taskforce, Australian Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet as she delves into delivering a modern and digital economy to drive Australia’s future prosperity. In this article she explores: From a numbers perspective alone, “over 50 million telehealth services were accessed in just one year in Australia; nearly a quarter of all businesses changed what they delivered in the first three weeks of the pandemic; and almost nine in …

Spotlight Interview - Defence, Security and Justice ANZ Q1 National Insights

The move to “digital transformation” has certainly accelerated in the last couple of years and a big driver for that has been the pandemic. Sometimes changing an outdated process is a lot of effort but when you have no choice i.e. you can’t travel to collect or handle a disk containing some important CCTV evidence, you need another way. Digital Evidence Management solutions where there before but necessity has definitely meant the benefits are being realised quicker. And a change from some of the outdated costly processes to a quicker safer way of handling and managing digital evidence and cases …

How to Improve Digital Service Delivery for Citizens and Employees

In many seen and unseen ways, the world is constantly changing. The pandemic that we are all still living through is just the latest in a series of tumultuous global events that began following the end of the Second World War, including the digital revolution. Now, decades later, digital transformations are still taking place in almost every industry at significant pace, with the pandemic often acting as a catalyst for even greater and faster change. While the private sector often leads the charge towards a new age, no industry can afford to be left behind, including the public sector. Consumers …