Future Proof – Protecting our digital future

Accompanying presentation:  Business Process and Information Analysis (PDF, 67.9kb) The podcast “Business Process and Information Analysis” was recorded at the State Records’ Records Managers Forum on July 29, 2010. In this podcast, Tony Leviston, Information Management Specialist, People, Workplace & Planning, Department of Services, Technology & Administration talks about work done in the agency on business […]

Our recent post about our latest Digital Implementers Group workshop, in which we discussed Enterprise Search technologies, has generated a fair bit of discussion. I thought it might be a good opportunity to delve into this a bit more, as well as discuss the role of the digital implementers group. The Digital Implementers Group The Digital Implementers […]

On the 17th of March we had our Records Managers Forum. State Records NSW uses the forum to share information about key initiatives with our public offices. It is also a place for lively discussion with colleagues from across the government sector. As usual, we have published the podcasts so that those who could not make it on the day […]

The NSW Government has established the Accelerating Digital Government Taskforce. The Taskforce has been asked to “deliver a vision and roadmap for a digital government that is agile and innovative, optimising the value of information assets and digital technologies to anticipate needs and deliver better public services.” We’re excited by this initiative, which fits in […]

A little while ago we were asked by another government agency interested in blogging to explain how the Future Proof blog fits in with State Records’ business objectives, and to outline some of the outcomes we think Future Proof achieves. To us, this form of social media engagement has been really critical in helping State Records to achieve […]

Each week the Government Recordkeeping team at State Records answers dozens of enquiries about all aspects of government information management. Some of the digital information management questions we have answered lately include: We want to use Office 365 – is it a problem under the State Records Act that corporate information will be stored out of […]

I have previously blogged about the US National Archives and Records Administration’s (NARA) approach to cloud email. NARA has issued a paper which surveys the available strategies for improving records capture through automation. It highlights the advantages, the maturity, and the risks and drawbacks of these approaches. Continuing in the theme of drawing on good […]

This week to celebrate Information Awareness Month, we have done a series of posts on emerging digital information management challenges, such as digital business transitions, digital disposal, social media management and cloud email. In the last of our IAM posts however, we are not looking forward to see what is coming but are instead looking back […]

To celebrate Information Awareness Month, this week at State Records we are going to explore some of the key challenges facing information professionals today, starting with digital transitions. So what are digital transitions? photo by: Gideon Burton

Information is at the core of government business, and is a core asset. A big deal  is made of this in government ICT strategies (NSW, New Zealand) and it is commonly heard from ICT research firms like Ovum and Gartner,  but what does it actually mean? We emphasise that it if you want value from […]