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The vision of the Tertiary Information Strategy is to remove barriers between people and the information they need. It will create a one stop shop for tertiary information collection and dissemination. It will provide a common language for the sector and a common interface to the sector.
The tertiary sector central agencies make the following information promises to the sector:
- the central agencies will appear to the sector as one seamless virtual agency
- all authorised users will have easy access to trustworthy sector information
- a single return will collect and distribute all required data at once
- we will be proactive about helping you solve or avoid information problems
- we will make constant, cost-effective improvements based on your feedback
In this context, “virtual” means presenting an integrated service to sector customers, regardless of which agencies provide the service components. The sector will judge the strategy’s information value proposition using the following principles. A series of Foundation Stone documents build on these principles.
| Reuse | Collect data once and share it for a multiplicity of agreed purposes |
| Interoperable | Ensure systems talk to one another using open standards for data exchange |
| Access | Make data available in a form customers can use, when and where they need it |
| Privacy | Respect the integrity, security and confidentiality of customers’ data |
| Accuracy | Customers can trust that data they receive is accurate to a specified standard |
| Simplicity | Make it easier for customers to supply data to and get information from central agencies |
| Ownership | Establish clear ownership of and accountability for data shared across the sector |
| Inclusive | Use the internet as the dominant way to access information, services and processes |
| Diversity | Promote platform-independent solutions that reflect the diversity of sector IT |
| Nimble | Encourage flexible, rapid innovation within a framework of open standards |
| Interdependent | Communicate, collaborate and co-operate to build stronger inter-agency relationships |
| Cost | Provide information products and services at least long term cost to the Crown and customers |
By following the principles, central agencies will help build a better, more cost-effective tertiary sector. They will facilitate measurement of education outcomes using reliable information. The strategy is a part of the wider E-government strategy. It complements and is consistent with related government initiatives for the education sector:
- education sector ICT review
- tertiary education data stock-take
- tertiary landscape
- virtual administration review
- government portals
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