Australian Government Data Governance Framework (2025)
Key aspects of data governance – Australian Government Data Governance Framework (2025)

Australian Government Data Governance Framework (2025) 4.1: 4.1 Strategy and planning, including a data risk approach

Align the data governance approach with other corporate strategies and policies (corporate plan, enterprise risk management policy, ICT or digital management frameworks) and connect it strongly to the agency's Data Strategy, which every agency must have to meet the Data and Digital Government Strategy commitment and which sets out the vision and priorities for collecting, storing, sharing and using data; take account of whole-of-government obligations such as the Data and Digital Government Strategy, the Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022 and the Framework for Governance of Indigenous Data. At a minimum keep a documented approach to data risks not covered elsewhere (for example in digital systems or privacy risk management), covering where applicable the transformation of data into insights and the use of those insights, developed with feedback from people in key responsible roles and data, digital and privacy experts.

Maintained by Gerard Blokdyk

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  • 1.2 1.2 Strategy for Data
  • 7.2 7.2 Data Management Risk

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