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Chris Bowen has heralded a new agreement with the US to work together on transitioning to renewable energy sources. 

A program for people in QLD from diverse backgrounds to participate in mainstream opportunities has grants available for local providers.

The federal government’s Multi-Agency Data Integration Project has gone through an independent privacy impact assessment, and the six big agencies involved have agreed to 14 recommendations for improvement.

Several agencies have broken down the budgets of current tech projects for the Senate’s Finance and Public Administration Committee in answers to advance questions on notice attached to its digital service delivery inquiry.

Happy New Year! There’s a lot of people still on well earned holidays across the public sector and The Mandarin’s offices are still deathly quiet as well, but the Canberra desk is now back online.

Public servants flocked to Friday’s short conference about the potential and the barriers to “unlocking the value of Australia’s public data” but anyone who didn’t make it can now view the whole event at their leisure on video.

ABS chief David Kalisch is pushing for data linkage across all levels of government and the private sector, but he thinks his fellow data geeks need to get out more. He wants more support in the struggle to build public trust and explain the benefits.

Despite the rallying cry of digital transformation, real change has historically come to government in fits and starts.