5.4: Assess Emerging Technology

Assess other emerging innovative technology.

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The Australian Government will continue to monitor emerging technologies and their implementation within government, such as has already occurred with Voiceover Internet Protocol (VoIP) and natural speech recognition technology. The whole of government opportunities (and risks) these technologies present will be identified, and their potential will be harvested as they move into mainstream practice. The principles that will underpin the government’s approach to technology are:• technology change will be incremental rather than revolutionary, yet the net effect of these increments will enable far-reaching changes for agencies• information technology will become ubiquitous, with mobile connectivity widely available, and intelligence embedded in almost all objects• as the information technology industry becomes increasingly standardised and new technologies become commodities, web services will be a common feature of all business systems, leading to them becoming interoperable• consistent implementation of open standards by agencies will be essential to realise the potential of standardised and commoditised web services• new technologies will need a level of demonstrated maturity for widespread adoption in government• government will continually assess all emerging technologies for their potential whole of government application to electronic service delivery.

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