Agencies urged to appoint data officers
The National Archives of Australia (NAA) is calling on all Departments and Agencies in the Australian Public Service to create specialist senior officer positions to help manage what it calls an “overwhelming” volume of information being created across the Service.
According to the Archives, technology alone would “never be enough to manage the vast volume and variety of information created”.
Director-General of the NAA, David Fricker said that as government transitioned to digital there was a need for people with high-level strategic skills to work with business to manage digital information.
“We are calling for Commonwealth Agencies to establish a Chief Information Governance Officer (CIGO) role to bring people, technology and processes together,” Mr Fricker said.
Archives calls for specialist help
He said the CIGO was needed as “best practice” for Agencies committed to professional information management.
“As well as leading information governance across an Agency, the role is critical for digital innovation and capability, and for championing the importance of effective information management,” Mr Fricker said.
“An enterprise-wide view will break down silos to create new opportunities to deliver better business outcomes.”
He said he recognised that that in an agile environment, Agencies would implement the CIGO role in their own way, and to assist Agencies to implement the role as part of their information governance agenda, the NAA had provided comprehensive advice online.
The Archives online advice website can be accessed from the NAA website at this PS News link. http://www.naa.gov.au/records-management/information-governance/chief-information-governance-officer/index.aspx
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