Our vision
A world where governments become more open, more connected and more consolidated. For the citizen. For industry. For the public servant. For the tax payer. For the community.
A problem worth solving
Fragmentation, silos and proprietary technologies provide an opportunity to consolidate, connect and open governments to ultimately become more efficient, engaged, transparent and innovative.
Who benefits?
Many people and groups benefit when governments become more open, more connected and more consolidated.
The citizen
The citizen is the ultimate benefactor when governments are more open, more connected and more consolidated. Information and services are easy to find and easy to understand. Citizen user experiences are elegant, intuitive and consistent.
Industry
Governments become more open by opening up their datasets, making the datasets more accessible with open APIs, and building solutions with open source technology. This allows industries to co-create and co-innovate with government in economically sustainable ways.
The public servant
Public servants benefit because consolidated platforms make their jobs easier, consistent and more transferable. Consolidated and managed platforms take away the burden of hosting, security, resilience, compliance, performance, maintenance and scale. This allows public servants to focus on delivering quality digital services and information to citizens.
The tax payer
Optimising and consolidating platforms, processes and user experiences translates to greater efficiencies. Greater efficiencies create greater savings for the government and thus greater value for the tax payer.
The community
Many communities benefit when governments are more open, connected and consolidated. Open source communities benefit by having governments adopt, advocate, co-contribute and co-innovate open source solutions. Civilisations as a whole benefit when governments open source their data and services, build on the pioneers before them, contribute back and collaborate to let others make it even better again.
Projects with purpose
Through our projects, we contribute to the GovTech, civic tech and open data movements to help government become more open, more connected and more consolidated.
Data Victoria — open data, open government
Salsa contributes to the open data and open government movement by working with the Victorian Government to manage data.vic.gov.au. Victoria's open data portal is built with open source solution CKAN.
More about Data Victoria — open data, open government
eSafety Australia — connecting people safely
The new eSafety website helps Australians have safer, more positive experiences online. We worked with eSafety's internal Digital team to co-develop this complex and visually appealing site on GovCMS.
More about eSafety Australia — connecting people safelyVic.gov.au — a consolidated user experience for Victorian citizens
Salsa is helping to create whole-of-government user experiences and consolidate fragmentation. Victoria's Single Digital Presence delivers value to Victorian citizens and the Victorian Government.
More about Vic.gov.au — a consolidated user experience for Victorian citizensWho else cares and a movement to follow
Below are some key initiatives, authorities and influencers here and overseas.
D9 — pioneers in digital government
D9 consists of nine digital pioneering countries — Canada, Estonia, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, Republic of Korea, United Kingdom and Uruguay. All working together to share knowledge, work on joint projects and leverage each other’s success. Currently, D9 has four focus areas: digital ID, digital rights, artificial intelligence and data 360°.
National Action Plan 2020
More open through innovation, open data and common platforms. Australia’s National Action Plan covers eight commitments that aim to deliver on the open government movement, including digital innovation and open data. The Action Plan is ‘owned’ by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, and submitted every two years to the Open Government Partnership — a global initiative.
Digital Service Platforms Strategy
The Digital Transformation Agency’s Digital Service Platforms Strategy provides a whole-of-government approach across six key areas, including using technology and data to connect and unify government services.
Australian Digital Council
The Australian Digital Council (ADC) brings together federal and state governments to align and progress public data and digital transformation in Australia. Its main role is to “improve the use of public sector data and develop better digital services for people and businesses…”