Public Sector Network's Innovate WA conference today started with a poll amongst the attendees, asking for our biggest goal or aspiration for the public sector in Western Australia. Overwhelmingly, collaboration came out as the main opportunity for contributors and decision makers in the sector. Closely linked was the desire to better share data between government departments and functions. In his opening address, WA Minister for Innovation Stephen Dawson touched on that, mentioning the State Government is planning to introduce legislation later this year around privacy and responsible data sharing. This will be the first time WA government agencies and state-owned enterprises will be subject to privacy laws, and at the same time is hoped to encourage data sharing that should result in better outcomes for citizens of the state.
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Public Sector Network's Innovate WA conference today started with a poll amongst the attendees, asking for our biggest goal or aspiration for the public sector in Western Australia. Overwhelmingly, collaboration came out as the main opportunity for contributors and decision makers in the sector. Closely linked was the desire to better share data between government departments and functions. In his opening address, WA Minister for Innovation Stephen Dawson touched on that, mentioning the State Government is planning to introduce legislation later this year around privacy and responsible data sharing. This will be the first time WA government agencies and state-owned enterprises will be subject to privacy laws, and at the same time is hoped to encourage data sharing that should result in better outcomes for citizens of the state.
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Greg Italiano, the state government's CIO, gave an update on the digital transformation of the WA government. Delivering a digital identity has been a key milestone so far - no easy task given the many arms of government at state and federal level that were involved. He acknowledged the Service WA app doesn't offer a compelling range of services to deal with government so far though - finding your best deal for refueling and notices on shark detections probably don't top the list of needs for many.
Greg Italiano, the state government's CIO, gave an update on the digital transformation of the WA government. Delivering a digital identity has been a key milestone so far - no easy task given the many arms of government at state and federal level that were involved. He acknowledged the Service WA app doesn't offer a compelling range of services to deal with government so far though - finding your best deal for refueling and notices on shark detections probably don't top the list of needs for many.
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Looking at the number of trips per day on a calendar heatmap reveals something odd - the first week of August has very few rides compared to any other week. While it's known people in NY tend to leave the city in August, this drop is odd.
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Looking at the number of trips per day on a calendar heatmap reveals something odd - the first week of August has very few rides compared to any other week. While it's known people in NY tend to leave the city in August, this drop is odd.
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Deciding to ignore August altogether, and zooming in on occupancy rate of the taxis rather than the absolute number or rides, reveals an interesting insight - people travel together far more in weekends and on public holidays!
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Deciding to ignore August altogether, and zooming in on occupancy rate of the taxis rather than the absolute number or rides, reveals an interesting insight - people travel together far more in weekends and on public holidays!
#+caption: Occupancy heatmap
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Just looking at the calendar heatmap it's possible to determine 1 Jan 2013 was a Tuesday and point out Memorial Day as the last Monday of May, Labour day in September, Thanksgiving day and even Black Friday at the end of November, and of course the silly season at the end of the year!)
Just looking at the calendar heatmap it's possible to determine 1 Jan 2013 was a Tuesday and point out Memorial Day as the last Monday of May, Labour day in September, Thanksgiving day and even Black Friday at the end of November, and of course the silly season at the end of the year!)
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#+caption: Group picture with the house manager
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We prepared lunch for the families and volunteers in the house, followed by a tour of the place by its manager. Hearing some of the stories about the children was heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time. During extremely demanding times for a family, both mentally and financially, the volunteers and the team at Ronald McDonald House do a great job in making life slightly easier for them. It was great to be able to contribute a little bit to that this Christmas period.
We prepared lunch for the families and volunteers in the house, followed by a tour of the place by its manager. Hearing some of the stories about the children was heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time. During extremely demanding times for a family, both mentally and financially, the volunteers and the team at Ronald McDonald House do a great job in making life slightly easier for them. It was great to be able to contribute a little bit to that this Christmas period.