COAG COURTS DATA QUALITY PROJECT
The NCCJS is finalising approval to proceed with the data quality improvement program of data published in the Report on Government Services (Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth State Service Provision). The Court Administration Data Collection, which generates the national data, is currently underway for the 1998-99 reference period. Collection responses from jurisdictions are being received by the Productivity Commission. Many of the strategic issues previously identified (for example, improving data quality, reducing respondent burden, increasing detail through unit record extraction, improving cross jurisdictional information dissemination) are now being developed.