Coming in from the cold… of a disposal freeze
Sometimes when something serious happens, like a commission of inquiry or court case, a disposal freeze is issued to prevent the disposal of any records that might be needed for the serious thing. A...
View ArticleWould a record by any other name be just as findable?
On the website we have advice about all the tools, rules, procedures and policies for recordkeeping in your agency. The rules include recordkeeping rules (such as naming conventions) and business rules...
View ArticleNews: The new Records Governance Policy
On 29 June 2018, the State Archivist released the Records Governance Policy. The policy replaces the following Information Standards: Information Standard 31: Retention and disposal of public records...
View ArticleGoodbye IS31 and IS40… Hello Records Governance Policy
Back in early 2017 we made a pretty big decision here at QSA – we decided we were going to review IS40 and IS31. We also decided that we weren’t going to just review them, we were going to REVIEW them....
View ArticleRecords Governance Policy – But what does this mean for me?
On 29 June 2018, we launched our brand new and shiny Records Governance Policy. We know that you all would have spent hours upon hours reading it (and its good friend, the Records Governance...
View ArticleNews: Recordkeeping training is here
Today, we have released our Recordkeeping and You Awareness Training. The Recordkeeping and You Awareness Training is part of the Recordkeeping Transformation Program, which aims to improve the...
View ArticleUnpacking Policy Requirement 1
In most traditional records management policies and standards, the first principle or requirement that you’ll usually find is something along the lines of “…manage records systematically…”. We’ve...
View ArticleUnpacking Policy Requirement 2 – Agencies must systematically manage records...
Don’t leave it up to luck! If you aren’t managing your records systematically, you aren’t getting the most out of them. Today we’re talking about Policy Requirement 2, in our series where we delve into...
View ArticleUnpacking Policy Requirement 3 – Agencies must create complete and reliable...
Here at QSA we chat a lot about the notion of creation in records management. Is the act of creating something still relevant in a digital-by-default environment? Is everything created automatically by...
View ArticleUnpacking Policy Requirement 4 – Agencies must actively manage permanent,...
Today’s blog post is about priorities. The Records Governance Policy has some thoughts about what records should get more of your attention and we’re going to talk about why that is. In the past, we’ve...
View ArticleUnpacking Policy Requirement 5: Agencies must make records discoverable and...
We believe that we don’t keep records just to keep them; we keep them so we can use them. We like to think of it as ‘recordusing’ rather than recordkeeping. We know we use records for the routine,...
View ArticleNews: Records Management Challenge training is here
Today, we have released our Records Management Challenge Training. The Records Management Challenge Training is part of the Recordkeeping Transformation Program, which aims to improve the standard of...
View ArticleUnpacking Policy Requirement 6 – Agencies must dispose of records in a...
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...
View ArticleFeedback on the Records Governance Policy
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...
View ArticleNews: The New QSA Survey is nearly here!
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’...
View ArticleBe prepared! The Baseline Survey is coming.
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 this year) and links to QSA’s...
View ArticleNews: Right to Information Day 2018 will be celebrated in Queensland from 24...
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...
View ArticleWhat do we want? Information. When do we want it? Now!
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...
View ArticleForming new forms
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...
View ArticleNews: QSA client satisfaction survey for government clients released
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...
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