Information and data shared appropriately across organisational boundaries without
loss of integrity, reduces the need to hold duplicate data and supports efficient
service delivery. The opportunities for exploiting information greatly increase when it
is made available in standardised and linkable forms as described in Principle 4 of
the Public Sector Information Principles. Making data and APIs available allows
others to produce alternative, innovative views of government data and access to
government services.
By being more innovative on small-scale, low risk IT projects, the Government can
deliver innovative solutions. For larger scale, more high risk government IT projects,
implementing mature open standards with a broad market support provides a stable
infrastructure on which to build.
Responsive and flexible IT requires skilled professionals from a range of disciplines
to be involved in the specification, procurement and delivery of solutions.