Future Proof – Protecting our digital future

This podcast episode was recorded at the State Records Records Managers Forum on 12 March 2013. In this podcast, Cassie Findlay, Manager Digital Archives at State Records NSW introduces OpenGov NSW, a searchable online repository for current and historical information published by NSW government agencies. Cassie provides an overview of the functionality of OpenGov, shows […]

This podcast episode was recorded at the State Records Records Managers Forum on 31 July 2013. In this really practical presentation, Richard Lehane from the State Records Digital Archives team gives a step by step guide for uploading Government publications and other open access documentation to the OpenGov website. From 2012-13, all NSW Government annual […]

In this presentation, Richard Lehane, Manager Digital Archives, gives an update on the Digital Archives team and work on OpenGov NSW and Data NSW. Richard explained the approach to digital preservation, including the challenges of preserving context. Richard also talked about the ramping up of business-as-usual digital archives transfer projects, and invited interested public offices […]

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. 

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 […]