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Science

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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.