Information management

Managing and storing information, data and records in the right place and the right way means they will be protected and easily found. At the National Archives of Australia, we provide advice and support to help everyone working in government to achieve this goal.

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Information management standards

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Information management legislation

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Information management policies

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Advice

1. Information governance

Learn more about meeting regulatory, legal, risk and operational requirements for managing information assets across an entire organisation to support business outcomes.

2. Getting started with information management

Find out how to manage and store your agency's information so it stays accessible and usable.

3. Creating records

Information your agency creates as part of a specific business process needs to be managed so that it can be searched, shared, reused and repurposed.

4. Capturing information

An essential part of managing your agency’s business information and records is to capture it into systems that manage and support its use over time.

5. Describing information

Properly described information lets users understand what the information is, where it came from, what has happened to it and how it interrelates.

6. Storing information

The way you store your information affects how easily information can be found, used and managed over time.

7. Preserving information

Preserving information and records means ensuring they remain accessible and usable. The lifespan of your information and records will depend on how they are managed and preserved.

8. Protecting information

Agencies need to ensure that the information and records they create are secured so they cannot be tampered with, inappropriately deleted or accessed by unauthorised personnel.

9. Disposing of information

Learn more about disposing of information and how regular authorised disposal will reduce the costs of storing and managing information.

COVID-19 recordkeeping

Find out about managing records relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tools & support