SES Accountabilities for Data

The SES Accountabilities for Data initiative helps agencies empower their data leaders, treat data as an asset, make data driven decisions and build appropriate data literacy and capability. The report outlines six principles to strengthen data governance; including that agencies have a data strategy, a Chief Data Officer (CDO), a Data Champion, and all SES officers have data accountabilities.

Embedding the six accountability principles into their operations and governance arrangements will give agencies greater oversight of their data holdings, enabling more effective, efficient, economical, and ethical management of data, and leading to better policy, programs, and services for Australians.

This report is accompanied by a regularly updated CDO Information Pack to help APS CDOs understand their responsibilities, the Commonwealth data ecosystem and its underpinning governance arrangements.