NISA aspects in brief

PROCUREMENT: DIGITAL MARKETPLACE

The Federal Government is creating a new digital marketplace to make it easier for start-ups and small and medium businesses to sell to and work with government.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has allocated $15 million for the Digital Transformation Office (DTO) to develop the Digital Marketplace – an online directory of digital and ICT services from which government agencies will procure – to improve competition and promote innovation across government.

“The Digital Marketplace will break down barriers to entry and make it easier for start-ups and small and medium businesses to compete for the $5 billion government spends on ICT each year,” Mr Turnbull said.

 

CYBER SECURITY COLLABORATION

AN INDUSTRY-LED Cyber Security Growth Centre is being established by the Federal Government.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the government was investing $30 million in the Cyber Security Growth Centre, to create business opportunities for Australia’s cyber security industries.

“Attacks on Australia’s cyber network costs billions of dollars to the economy each year,” Mr Turnbull said. “The Growth Centre will bring together industry, researchers and governments to develop a national cyber security strategy and coordinate research to reduce overlap and maximise impact.

“This will help all Australians and businesses be safer and more secure online.”

It is the first initiative to be delivered under the government’s Cyber Security Strategy, to be released in 2016.

 

OPEN DATA INNOVATION PUSH

GOVERNMENT agencies will soon be required to “make appropriate data openly available by default in machine readable and anonymised form” Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull recently announced.

He said the Federal Government would release a Public Data Policy Statement as part of the National Innovation and Science Agenda (NISA) to formalise the government’s commitment to open data and data-driven innovation.

Government agencies will publish the open data through data.gov.au

“Spatial data, in particular, is becoming increasingly important to the economy given the rapid take-up and use of mobile devices in Australia,” Mr Turnbull said.

“The government will release one of the most requested high-value datasets, PSMA Australia’s (PSMA) Geocoded National Address File (G-NAF), and their Administrative Boundaries datasets.

“Making the G-NAF available under open data terms will remove barriers that restrict the data’s use and promote innovation,” he said.

“These measures combined will help to create a more innovative and entrepreneurial Australia.”

www.innovation.gov.au

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