Queensland Government Recordkeeping
Policy Requirement 1.1 of the Records Governance Policy requires agencies to assign formal records management responsibilities to key roles within the business to monitor and support the active implementation of this policy. So, who can have a key role? And who should have one? A key role can be any role that is able to... Continue Reading →
We have released our annual client satisfaction survey. The survey is designed to gather feedback from Queensland Government clients about our File Issue, Transfers, Preservation and Government Recordkeeping services and initiatives. This information will be used to identify what initiatives, resources and client engagement activities have been working well and what areas may need improvements.... Continue Reading →
As you probably know, (we’ve shared this before), we here at QSA have a Digital Recordkeeping Transformation Program simmering away. In other words, we’ve not just been walking down the digital path but we’ve also been looking at what we can do in the recordkeeping space to help agencies do this too! We looked at... Continue Reading →
It’s RTI Day today! Now we know when people think of Right to Information, they usually think OIC, but what are people asking for when the submit an RTI request? Information! And where is information located? In records! And where are those records stored? Ok, so that depends on the agency, the type of record,... Continue Reading →
Guest blog post from the Office of the Information Commissioner. To mark the important occasion of Right to Information Day – our colleagues at the Office of the Information Commissioner have asked us to share some information about this special day. So over to the OIC … and thanks for sharing. Right to Information Day... Continue Reading →
The Building Digital Capability – the Records Governance Policy Baseline Survey is coming soon The Survey is based on the new Records Governance Policy (launched in June 2018) and links to QSA’s Recordkeeping Transformation Program. The results will establish a baseline against which future surveys can be measured. The new Survey wants to know all... Continue Reading →
The Building Digital Capability – the Records Governance Policy Baseline Survey is coming soon. The Survey is part of QSA’s Recordkeeping Transformation Program and will measure agencies’ implementation of the Records Governance Policy, and their overall recordkeeping maturity, creating a baseline from which to measure progress annually. There has never been a more important time... Continue Reading →
It’s been nearly two months since the State Archivist released the Records Governance Policy, so we thought it might be a nice time to look at how the Policy came to be. From the very beginning, when we first started thinking about reviewing Information Standards 40 and 31, we knew we wanted to do something... Continue Reading →
Today’s blog post is about what you keep and what you don’t. Previously, we wanted agencies to do two things: keep records for as long needed AND not dispose of anything without authorisation. While you still need to do these two things, our focus needs to shift. Agencies are producing more records than ever before,... Continue Reading →
