The Data Unit leads whole-of-government strategy to enable data-driven decision making and evidence-based policy development in the WA public sector. The Unit develops solutions to facilitate secure data sharing and analytics to improve the delivery of government services and support research for community benefit.
It coordinates a range of whole-of-government reforms, including:
- data initiatives to improve the development of government policy and services;
- PeopleWA, a de-identified whole-of-government linked data asset driving data-led decision making;
- implementation of the Privacy and Responsible Information Sharing Act 2024;
- the safe and responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the WA public sector; and
- innovative programs to uplift sector data and AI capability.
What do we work on?
Privacy and Responsible Information Sharing
Protecting privacy and using information responsibly to deliver outcomes for WA.
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