Future Proof – Protecting our digital future

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 […]

I’ve previously blogged about the review of standards at State Records NSW which is happening this year. We have reviewed five of the records management standards currently in place for the NSW public sector and now propose to approve a new standard under the State Records Act 1998.  We are seeking your comments on the […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Standard on Digital Recordkeeping articulates the core requirements that State Records sets public offices for managing their digital information. The standard was issued in 2008, so it is due for a review. Since then, there have been major changes to the structure and operations of government, and to the digital technologies which support government […]

Many agencies have consolidated Finance, HR and other systems to Enterprise Resource Planning systems such as SAP and Oracle, or are currently planning such a consolidation. State Records is often asked about the implications of this under the State Records Act. Here are the sorts of things we talk about. photo by: artist in doing […]

Premier’s memorandum M2013-09 Production Costs of Annual Reports has been released outlining measures to reduce the costs of the production of annual reports. In addition to directions on how to keep production costs to a minimum, the memorandum includes directions to agencies on how annual reports are to be made available in digital format. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/3403199011/in/photostream/ The NSW Government is establishing a brand new Community of ICT Professionals to: disseminate information of interest and relevance to all NSW ICT professionals promote case studies of innovative ICT practice generate new ideas for ICT innovation help create an informed ICT workforce Membership is open to all NSW Public Sector employees working in any area […]

This week the members of the EDRMS Implementers Discussion Group met for the first time to talk about their organisations’ experiences in implementing systems to support digital recordkeeping. This is a new group facilitated by State Records to promote the sharing and re-use of ideas, tools and approaches for implementing EDRMS (electronic document and records […]

photo credit: alvazer The draft NSW Government ICT Strategic Framework document is currently open for public consultation. But for 1 more day only! The draft ICT Strategic Framework document provides a model of the improved outcomes that could be achieved through a redesign of how ICT is used and managed in NSW government. It suggests a […]