Science
Broad subject area
Report
Valuable digitalisation: how local government can play the ‘technology game’ in the public’s interest
The way in which Dutch municipal authorities innovate digitally has an impact on local democracy, the economy, work, social life and the physical environment. In this report, local administrators identify ten perspectives for socially responsible digitalisation.
Discussion paper
Reviews of the Enhancing Online Safety Act 2015 and the Online Content Scheme - discussion paper
This discussion paper is the starting point of two reviews inviting stakeholders and interested parties to provide their views about the Online Safety Act and the Online Content Scheme in Schedules 5 and 7 to the BSA, which regulates the internet industry and content services industry, in relation to prohibited and potentially prohibited content.
Report
Follow-up of managing water quality in Great Barrier Reef catchments
This follow-up audit examines whether departments have effectively implemented the recommendations made in Managing water quality in Great Barrier Reef catchments.
Evaluation
Easy as pie: encouraging greater survey completion
BETA partnered with the Department of Social Services (DSS) to develop and tests ways to encourage greater survey completion rates. DSS conducts a survey seeking client feedback on the outcomes they have experienced as a result of services delivered by grant funded organisations.
Report
When the winner takes it all: big data in China and the battle for privacy
This paper examines Chinese state policy on big data industries and analyses the laws and regulations on data collection that companies in China are required to comply with.