Information Management

[Eric Wainwright]

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Eric Wainwright
Deputy Director-General
National Library of Australia
Phone:	(06) 262 1377
Fax:	(06) 273 1133
e.wainwright@nla.gov.au

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Further to John Hilvert's comments, the Information Management Steering 
Committee, which is charged with developing the framework under Blueprint 
Stategy 7 sees the Internet very much as an opportunity for Govt to 
operate and deliver services more effectively, while recognising that 
more open and accessible govt brings with it new demands which have to be 
managed effectively in relation to such issues as privacy, security, 
response mechanisms, etc. The IMSC is in process of compiling a report on 
all of this and I hope that we will be able to share ideas with a broader 
audience in the very near future through a very shortly to be launched 
new IMSC discussion list and material on the OGIT server. The draft 
technical group report at 
http://www.adfa.oz.au/DOD/imsc/imsctg/imsctg1a.htm 
is a bit of the work done so far. 
>From hilvertj@ozemail.com.au  Thu Jun  6 12:47:04 
1996 Your view would appear to be supported bu the Office of Government
Information Technology's draft Blueprint, if that helps.

Its strategy 7 urges a framework for "information management" with the
objective of improving public and agency access to government electronic
information services.

That said, OGIT's discussion of the framework struck me as unclear. I was
unsure whether the strategy saw the Net as a promise or a threat to
Government Information management.

"The existing framework for the management of government information was
designed for paper-based information. Much modern information is digital and
electronically based, drawn from a variety of media. Governments are data
rich but knowledge poor: better electronic information is needed to support
decision
making. Throughout the information lifecycle, there are a number of
different players with uncoordinated responsibility for individual tasks.
There are gaps and overlaps. The Internet continues to grow in importance
and places pressure on the ways in which government currently manages its
information. "