State Records has recently updated the Adequate Records Management Standard and South Australian Recordkeeping Metadata Standard and created the Contracting and Official Records Standard.Across-Government Standards for Record Management
To promotes the availability of Freedom of Information (FOI) Induction Training as an on-line module via ERNI, State Records E-Resource Network Initiative.Freedom of Information (ERNI) Induction Training
Notifying agencies that May 2007 version of the guideline for agencies making public access determinations for official records which they control is now available.Public Access Determination Guideline for Agencies
The State Records Act, 1997 requires State Records of South Australia to provide a Records Management Governance Framework and services to assist Agencies and Authorities of South Australian Government incrementally improve their records management, tools systems and practices.
State Records has recently produced a number of Strategies for Agencies and Authorities to comply with in the next five years; one of these is the Across-Government Records Management Strategy.
Across - Government Records Management Strategy
The Across-Government Strategy for Records Management outlines six strategic goals that need to be jointly pursued by both State Records and Agencies/Authorities to ensure the achievement of adequate records management by the Government of South Australia. The State Government requires agencies to more effectively facilitate the development of a more open and accountable government. Adequate records management practices and the implementation of supporting systems significantly contribute to the achievement of this objective.
This Strategy aims to set out a new course for the South Australian Government by addressing some fundamental records management issues and providing a framework for change. It aims to provide strategic targets as well as a planning tool for both State Records and Agencies/Authorities to utilise, initially over the next five years.
A copy of this strategy can be downloaded from the link below.
The Across-Government Records Management Accredited Training and Education Strategy (ATE Strategy) has been developed by State Records of South Australia to address the needs of South Australian public servants.
The 2003 Adequate Records Management Agency Self-Assessment Reports highlighted that less than 2% of Agencies have any formal records management-centric education programs for their staff, training programs for their records management practitioners or induction programs for the trainees, graduates and contractors they employ.
A copy of this strategy can be downloaded from the link below.