As agencies continue to respond to the ever-evolving challenges of COVID-19, we recognise the need to implement new business practices and manage associated recordkeeping requirements. Since the beginning of this pandemic, the Queensland Chief Health Officer has issued various Public Health Directions to help contain the spread of COVID-19. In particular, the Restrictions on Businesses,... Continue Reading →
Video: Working from home and recordkeeping – Tips from QSA
This video looks at highlighting some of the key things in regards to recordkeeping when you're working from home, what you still need to do, and things to think about that might be a little different. You can find more detailed information on working from home on the Recordkeeping during COVID-19 page on our website.... Continue Reading →
Query of the month (part two) – Minimising the risk of COVID contaminated records through digitisation
Covid-19 is understandably impacting on our working day, including the way we manage and handle records as discussed in our previous blog on coronavirus precautions when handling records. We’ve had a number of queries about COVID and records management recently, so here is the second query of the month for April. It’s based on a... Continue Reading →
Public records from private couches and kitchen tables
If you check out our advice on business continuity planning… actually if you do a quick internet search on it… it’s all about disasters (natural or otherwise) resulting in brief interruptions to the normal day-to-day work, lasting maybe a week or two. And usually in that time you only need the critical people and systems... Continue Reading →
Query of the month – Coronavirus precautions when handling documents
Not surprisingly with everything happening at the moment, we had a query from an agency asking if there were any other recommended precautions people should be taking when dealing with paperwork coming into their records area apart from the standard necessary precautions and procedures advised to all. Here’s what we said: At this stage, we... Continue Reading →
Pjs, dining tables and public records: Working from home and COVID-19
What do pjs, dining tables and public records have in common? Let’s chat about it. COVID-19 - a once in a lifetime event changing our world! In years from now we’ll be looking back at history to see what happened. In the same way we look back at the Spanish flu pandemic in Queensland in... Continue Reading →