The Government of Western Australia has launched a new WA Emergency Waiting Times app, designed by local technology services house Readify, which will help Perth residents quickly and easily choose which hospital to go to in an emergency.
Objective Corporation has been awarded a new contract with IBM to deliver a key component of the Australian Department of Defence's End User Compute (EUC) Program. The EUC Program is one of several initiatives designed to establish a dependable, secure and integrated Single Information Environment (SIE) to support Defence business and military operations
As an Australian police officer prepares to encounter a suspected terrorist or criminal gang member, arrayed on his or her iPad mini screen are the up to the minute results of a comprehensive search of more than 1000 federal, state and territory police databases detailing all essential facts about the individual. This may not be the case today, but is the future aim of a major IT collaboration and consolidation program underway at the Australian Crime Commission (ACC). IDM spoke with Chief Information Officer Narelle Lovett to learn more about the quest.
Adherence to the influential Victorian Electronic Records Strategy (VERS) standard is an important yardstick for assessing Electronic Document and Records Systems (EDRMS) beyond the borders of the southern state. The Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) has just finished its first major revision of the VERS standard since 2002, acknowledging government’s need for increased flexibility in where digital records are kept and how they are represented.
Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) has revamped the list of long term preservation formats it will accept. In this article Senior Manager Standards & Policy Andrew Waugh explain why the list was changed and what it means for Victorian agencies.
There are many businesses and governments around the world that are embracing data as an asset. But what does this mean? Data is integral to understanding business operations and to support business planning. It is important that data is accessible, discoverable and managed by responsible and accountable members within an organisation.
Myths are paradoxical. They often start with a kernel of truth, and the most fertile ground in which a kernel sprouts and grows, is a field of confusion. The more complex a topic, the more likely it is that myths will spread vigorously like weeds. Case in point? Information governance.
May is Information Awareness Month, with the aim to increase awareness of the importance of information and how managing information assets across an entire organisation can better support your business outcomes. This year’s theme: Investing in Information Governance. Which leads us to the question: why should we invest in information governance?
The goal of many businesses for the past three decades has been to go paperless. While this is a worthy and environmentally-sound objective, it is not one that has been successfully met by most businesses. In fact, according to Coopers and Lybrand there are over four trillion paper documents in the U.S. alone and that number is growing at a rate of 22 percent, or about 880 billion paper documents a year.
