Future Proof – Protecting our digital future

Last year, we published a case study outlining the Department of Premier and Cabinet’s (DPC) Electronic Document and Records Management (EDRM) Program strategy, including their electronic approvals (eApprovals) workflow implementation. Since then, DPC had enquiries from other agencies about their strategy and their successes, and one of those enquiries led to the collaboration between DPC and the Public […]

Recently we chatted with ACECQA about its efforts to implement regular disposal of records as a business as usual practice. ACECQA has very generously agreed to share its experiences, which may be useful for other NSW public offices. This case study describes the approach ACECQA has taken to implementing records disposal, including the tools used, […]

Last year, the Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPC) gave a very engaging presentation to the Records Managers’ Forum about their transformation to a fully digital working environment. This has been a very successful transition, with significant improvements measured in process time and quality and full user uptake across the organisation. We have recently published a case study […]

Last week we had the Digital Implementers Group: a regular meeting bringing together people implementing digital systems for records and information management in the NSW Public Sector. As usual, the meeting was attended by a broad range of professionals and organisations. This meeting focussed on consolidation and cross-sector collaboration.

Last week we had our regular Digital Implementers’ Group meeting. This time, the topic was focused around people and organisational culture. The group’s members what are the necessary cultural factors in organisations which have strong digital information and records management, and what are the cultural barriers. Representing in the group were are wide range of […]

The podcasts from last week’s Records Managers Forum are now available on Future Proof. The Records Managers Forum highlight achievements and projects in NSW Government agencies. It promotes communication between NSW public sector records managers and provides an opportunity to exchange news and discuss issues of current concern. Last week’s forum was hosted by State […]

Last week we had our regular digital implementers group meeting. This session’s topic was digital disposal. In advance of the meeting, we conducted a mini-survey of the group to get a sense of their progress and capacity was in this area. The results of this were interesting because, while it was a limited sample, there […]

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 […]

This week we had our regular digital implementers group. Our session topics are set based on the opportunities and challenges which are at the forefront for the group members. Establishing a robust mobile working environment is becoming important for a large number of organisations. The group members, as always, represented a large and diverse cross […]

Recently I had a very interesting meeting with a New South Wales local council which has revamped its processes for capture, management and application of retention rules to document-based records. They are currently undertaking a multi-phase project to enhanced the effectiveness and comprehensiveness of their digital records management. This includes: understanding how technology could manage a fully digital […]