done in collaboration with DIIS and in line with the National Business Simplification Initiative. Resources are increasingly coming online for this work. Contact : Other Stakeholders Government: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Department of Human Services, Department of Health, Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, all other Commonwealth Departments. Non-government: Non-government organisations (including Australian Open Government Partnership Network), private sector. Steps to implementation Release and promote a beta version of the Digital Marketplace for ICT procurement. Aug 2016 Completed Release and promote a live dashboard measuring the performance of government services, with user satisfaction one of the key performance indicators. Oct 2016 Completed Deliver a whole-of-government digital transformation roadmap. Dec 2016 Completed Release agency-level digital transformation roadmaps. Late 2017 On track 3.1: Information management and access laws for the 21st century ON TRACK This will ensure Australia’s information access laws, policies and practices are modern and appropriate for the digital information age. As part of this, we will consider and consult on options to develop a simpler and more coherent framework for managing and accessing government information that better reflects the digital era, including the (FOI Act), the (Archives Act) and, where relevant, the (Privacy Act) with primary focus on the Archives Act and FOI Act, which is supported by efficient and effective policies and practices.
experience. AGD has consulted 32 government agencies, 17 civil society members and nine end users. Milestone 2 and 3 On 30-31 August 2017, AGD held a workshop in conjunction with the Department of Human Services Design Hub to continue its user-centred design approach to implement Commitment 3.1. The aim of the workshop was for AGD to present its findings of the initial consultation (the discovery phase) and for government, non-government and civil society stakeholders to come together to develop and co-design reform options to make access to, and management of, government information easier in the 21st century. Contact : Other Stakeholders Government: National Archives of Australia, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, and Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Non-Government: Non-government organisations (including Australian Open Government Partnership Network, Accountability Table, and Australian Privacy Foundation), peak bodies (including Law Council of Australia, Australian Press Council, Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance), archivists, academics and researchers, journalists, and state/territory information commissioners. Steps to implementation AGD undertake work with a range of stakeholders (government and non-government) to better understand how current information frameworks operate in practice and identify issues. Jan-Mar 2017 Completed AGD develop, in consultation with stakeholders, a range of options for reform to information access laws, policies and practices, including consideration of oversight mechanisms. Mar-Jun 2017 Completed AGD conduct public consultation on options for reform to information frameworks. Jul-Aug 2017 Completed Recommendation to Government, informed by consultation outcomes, on preferred reforms to deliver a coherent and simpler framework for information management and access, supported by effective and efficient policies and practices, that is appropriate for the digital information age. Sep-Dec 2017 On track