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To meet increased demand for services in a constrained resource environment, governments must actively manage for innovation through technology. This must include exploiting opportunities that come with the greater availability of data and enhanced data analytic capabilities. In the business world, companies know their customers.

The federal government will release a big data strategy this winter, Australian Government CIO Glenn Archer said Wednesday at an Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) summit in Canberra. The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) plans to release a big data issues paper this Friday, opening a three-week consultation period to collect feedback from industry and the public, said Archer, who replaced Ann Steward as the Australian CIO in December.