How ONDC will work with participants to implement the DATA Scheme

Key Implementation Dates

1 April

• Data Availability & Transparency Act 2022 commences

1 June

• Government agencies can apply to be accredited data users

1 August

• Universities can apply to be accredited data users

• Government agencies and universities can apply to be accredited data service providers

Education and guidance

April and May

• DATA Scheme material circulated Information sessions run for custodians

May and June

• General information sessions for government

June and July

• User accreditation and getting on to Dataplace

July and August

• Service provider accreditation & Applying DATA Scheme safeguards

Consultation on legislative instruments

June, July and August

• Consultation on Ministerial Rules – register of accredited data users, transition of integrating authorities to accredited data service providers, evidence for accreditation of data users and data service providers

July

• Consultation on the Data Code - application of data sharing principles, privacy and data sharing agreements

Dataplace

4 May

• On-boarding first 8 APS agencies to Dataplace during Beta Trial

1 June

• GO LIVE - On-board APS agencies to Dataplace

• Open applications to accredit government data users

1 August

• Open applications for accreditation of university data users and data service providers

15 August

• Open data request service

Discovering APS agency data assets

April

• Data Inventory projects in 3 trial APS agencies

15 May

• Data Inventory projects begin in 4 additional APS agencies

June, July and August

• Agencies involved in user research to support development of a searchable data catalogue

By December

• Data Inventory projects underway in more than 20 agencies