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The 2005 Digital Strategy has been the key organising document for government action in the digital space over the past three years. A number of government strategies have been released in that time that build directly on the challenges and actions of the strategy. The key ones are:
e-Government Strategy
The e-Government Strategy is the all-of-government approach to transforming how agencies use technology to deliver services, provide information and interact with people as they work to achieve the outcomes sought by government. It sets out how government will carry out its obligations under the digital strategy and how technology will be used in achieving the Development Goals for the State Services.
New Zealanders’ experience is at the heart of egovernment and is the cornerstone to delivering our digital future. In order to deliver effective government services, the government is engaging with New Zealanders to inform the design and delivery of government services. The State Services Commission’s Kiwis Count survey and Guide to Online Participation are key tools of the engagement framework. Equally important is ensuring that there are technology services that enable government agencies to join up and work together.
The strategy recognises technological innovation is transforming our world and focuses on government meeting the challenges this creates. New Zealanders expect government to interact with them using the new technologies they are familiar with in other parts of their lives – social networking websites and tools, as well as the full range of digital channels and internet pathways. It also acknowledges that government must remain inclusive, making sure that those who cannot or will not use these new technologies can still be engaged.
The strategy looks ahead to the digital future of government. New ways of joining up information held by government and others to provide better services and user-friendly access to authoritative information on New Zealand issues, places, events and people will have a significant impact. Government-held information is increasingly available in digital form. Better information will encourage public debate on issues and greater participation in the design of policies and how they are delivered. Information ownership and access will continue to be key issues.
New Zealand’s Digital Content Strategy
Launched in 2007, New Zealand’s Digital Content Strategy aims to make New Zealand visible and relevant in a connected digital world. It aims to ensure that we are innovative, informed and capable in telling our stories, experiencing our heritage and cultures, and creating our digital future. To that end, an important starting point for the content strategy is recognising that the value of content is in what it delivers and enables for end users.
The strategy presents the key digital content influences in New Zealand’s environment, an analysis of digital content issues and the digital content challenges that face us as a nation. The first steps towards creating a digital New Zealand are outlined in a series of government actions, while related actions from other strategies that contribute directly to the outcomes of this strategy are identified.
The availability of unique New Zealand content will also help drive demand for broadband, improve the return on investment in capability and create opportunities for commercial use.
New Zealand Geospatial Strategy
Launched in 2007, the New Zealand Geospatial Strategy is designed to improve knowledge of and access to the geospatial assets owned, maintained or used by government. It recognises government’s increasing reliance on geospatial information for a wide range of activities – from emergency services and national defence to utilities, resource management, biosecurity and economic development.
The purpose of the geospatial strategy is to:
- define the approach needed to ensure New Zealand’s geospatial information infrastructure meets the ongoing business needs of government
- provide the framework for the leadership and direction needed for managing geospatial information
- optimise the collective benefit from public investment in geospatial infrastructure
- ensure quality fundamental geospatial data is available to all.
Public Broadcasting Programme of Action
The government’s Public Broadcasting Programme of Action outlines six priorities to guide public broadcasting policy development to 2010, which are:
- achieving adequacy and certainty of public funding for broadcasting
- strengthening public broadcasting
- facilitating the successful development of digital broadcasting services
- enhancing regional and community broadcasting
- enhancing independence and responsibility in broadcasting
- enhancing the incentives for producing higher-quality content and schedules.
ICT Strategic Framework for Education
The ICT Strategic Framework for Education aims to improve learner achievement in an innovative education sector, fully connected and supported by the smart use of ICT. The framework seeks to deliver this vision through:
- a more learner-centred education system transcending organisational boundaries
- more informed decision making within the education sector by learners, teachers, parents, communities, public, businesses, researchers, policy makers and administrators
- increased ease and opportunity of access and reduced compliance costs for all participants
- increased confidence, capability and capacity from the use of ICT by all participants in the education sector
- greater opportunities for the generation, application and sharing of new ideas and technologies
- more effective and efficient investment in ICT by education sector government agencies.
This work has already resulted in greater discoverability and access to electronic learning materials through a federated search system allowing a single search across materials in New Zealand, Australia and the United States and will be extended to an even broader set of New Zealand and international resources. Role-based authentication and authorisation is also ensuring that information and content remain protected where necessary.
Health Information Strategy for New Zealand
The Health Information Strategy for New Zealand provides a direction for the health and disability sector to improve information management and information sharing, to underpin better health and disability outcomes for New Zealanders.
To get better outcomes for New Zealanders, the delivery of health and disability services in New Zealand needs to focus on working smarter. If we want to work smarter then better information is our lifeblood. To make effective, informed decisions about targeting services, we need quality information. Decision making occurs in all areas of the sector, and appropriate information needs
to be available at the right time and place, in the right format.
New Zealand Research Agenda
The New Zealand Research Agenda (NZRA) signals the policy direction for New Zealand’s research, science and technology (RS&T) investments and activities towards 2020. The areas of focus for the NZRA include engagement with community, business and RS&T organisations. The NZRA provides guidance on how RS&T can be effectively used to address New Zealand and global challenges. |