Future Proof – Protecting our digital future

Presented: 01 August 2018 Sonia Minutillo, Director Investigation and Reporting, Information and Privacy Commission provided an overview of the agency’s new tools: GIPA Agency Dashboard which provides visualisation of GIPA data. The Dashboard is available from www.ipc.nsw.gov.au/agency-level-gipa-dashboard. Open Data e-learning module which is designed to improve understanding about “Open Data.” The module also advice on how sound […]

Accompanying presentation: Changes to your right to government information in NSW (PDF, 209kb) The podcast “Changes to your right to government information in NSW” was recorded at the State Records Records Managers Forum on July 29, 2010.  In this podcast, the NSW Information Commissioner, Deirdre O’Donnell, outlines the purpose behind the Government Information Public Access (GIPA) […]

Accompanying presentation: The GIPA Act 12 months on In this talk recorded at the Records Managers’ Forum in Sydney on August 2, the NSW Information Commissioner Deirdre O’Donnell provides an overview of the aims and key elements of the new right to information regime in NSW, and reported on progress over the last 12 months […]

This podcast episode was recorded at the State Records Records Managers Forum on 26 November 2014. In this presentation, Cathy McInnes, Principal Review Officer, Information and Privacy Commission NSW, talks about the operation of the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009.

In this presentation, Ms Elizabeth Tydd, Information Commissioner talks about the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009, Open Government and the value of information sharing. Please note: Only the first four and a half minutes of Ms Tydd’s presentation were recorded. Attached presentation: The role of Information Management in achieving Open Government.pptx

To celebrate Information Awareness Month 2016 we are publishing a series of Q&As with colleagues who have an interest in good records and information management. This post features a Q&A with Elizabeth Tydd about access to government information. Ms Tydd is the NSW Information Commissioner. In this role Ms Tydd promotes public awareness and understanding […]

The podcasts from last month’s Records Managers Forum are now available on Future Proof. The Records Managers Forum highlights 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 months’s forum was hosted by State […]

I was pleased at the last Records Managers Forum to be able to talk about a recent initiative from State Records, OpenGov NSW. OpenGov NSW is a searchable online repository for information published by NSW Government agencies, including Annual Reports, other publications and open access information released under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 […]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thinkpublic/2366197687/ Yesterday I spoke at the NSW Right to Information/Privacy Practitioners Network at the lovely Parliament House Theatrette. The Practitioners Network is a really fantastic network of professionals who meet to share information about GIPA (Government Information Public Access) and privacy matters that affect those working in the NSW public sector. Also speaking this morning was William Murphy […]