An Australian scanning agency has announced plans to explore the use of Blockchain technology in providing social security benefit to the population.
Digitize the Australian Government
Founded in 2015, the DTA was established as part of a government digitization program. The agency engages other government agencies and these are pushed to submit to digitization.Randall Brugeaud, the managing director of Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) said at a press conference in Sydney, spontaneously mentioning that the payment of social benefits is "an early use case for the Blockchain. "
ZDNet media reported the statements:
"Our plan is to look for Commonwealth use cases by focusing first on the social benefits payment system, and then working with our digital service standard, we will work on a target prototype," said Brugeaud. .
Important benefits
Citizens' social welfare is put at the forefront of a Blockchain. Large Distributed Registry technology promotes transparency, immutability and increased system efficiency through automated payments. Centrelink payments, affiliated with the Department of Health Services (DHS) "offers a range of payments and services for people prone to major change," according to the Australian Government. As a result, the agency focuses on Centrelink.Australia has allocated 700 000 Australian dollarsas part of its 2018-2019 DTA budget, shortly before the announcement of the use of Blockchain technology in social benefits. The exploitation of the Blockchain in government services will, moreover, be specifically studied.
"The Blockchain's potential to securely record transactions will be studied, drawing on the experience of other public and private sector organizations," Brugeaud added.What do you think about the use of Blockchain technology in providing social security benefit? Let us know in the comments section below.