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National Archives launches new commonwealth records management policy

By Shannon Jenkins

Communications & Technology

The policy, which comes into effect on January 1, sets out requirements for assisting commonwealth agencies with producing records that can be 'trusted and relied…

National Archives to save 30,000 audiovisual records with $3 million investment

By Shannon Jenkins

Culture

The organisation noted that its audiovisual collection from federal government agencies and public broadcasters spans nearly 100 years.

Insecure funding and lack of preparedness for digital transformation hindering Australia’s archives agencies, review finds

By Shannon Jenkins

Communications & Technology

Independent reviewer Dr Vivienne Thom identified cultural issues within some governments and agencies, with, for example, many not viewing archives and records authorities as integrity…

National Archives to receive digital preservation system under new deal

By Shannon Jenkins

Communications & Technology

The National Archives of Australia has signed a three-year contract to better secure federal government records digitally. Under the deal with software company Preservica, the…

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Preserved properly, your emails and Zoom calls will help public servants in future pandemics, says David Fricker

By David Donaldson

Features

Good record-keeping will allow the story of the coronavirus pandemic to be told. The challenge is making sure data is still readable for future generations.

Archives boss looks to ‘outcomes over process’ as auditors savage ‘ineffective’ policy leadership

By Stephen Easton

Federal

The entire federal public sector is supposed to be on the cusp of a new era in information management defined by interoperability, following the earlier…

Anne Twomey: National Archives 'completely dysfunctional' for serious scholarship

By Stephen Easton

Features

Constitutional law professor Anne Twomey thinks the National Archives is nearly useless for serious academic and historical research, partly because it is “starved of funding”…

Odd logic: why the Morrison government won't mandate Essential Eight cyber controls

By Stephen Easton

Communications & Technology

In an unusual piece of logic, the federal government says it will not mandate the Australian Signals Directorate’s Essential Eight information security controls for all…

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Transformational government: the mandate for good governance

By Julian Bajkowski

Features

For senior public servants, digital transformation is a strong mandate, a big opportunity and a serious challenge. But look behind the hype, and the foundations…

Expanding open data requires social license: information mandarins

By Stephen Easton

Communications & Technology

Government agencies need to build social license before pushing ahead with open data. Two key information mandarins have concerns with reforms proposed by the Productivity…

Value public information so we can trust it, rely on it and use it

By David Fricker

Communications & Technology

FULL SPEECH: The digital age will not be kind to government if it doesn't start valuing the information it creates, says the nation's archives…

Agencies offered support in Digital Continuity 2020 push

By Harley Dennett

Communications & Technology

It's the inevitable future of e-government, with ministers declaring digital transformation "non-negotiable", now a new policy has set the timeframe for going paperless. National Archives…

Archives awarded for defining digital information management

By Stephen Easton

Career Advice

The National Archives has been recognised by its professional peers for helping to define the key skills needed by digital information managers, as the importance…

The rise of 'public service professions': information managers to lead the way

By Stephen Easton

Features

A new cadre of information managers are needed in the federal government as it looks to the creation of public service professions, inspired by the…

Australia's history on microfilm offered free to good home

By Harley Dennett

Jurisdiction

It sounds like a great open data idea: 5.8 million frames of our national history on microfilm -- currently gathering dust -- becoming accessible to…