National recognition for digital innovation from the National Archives of Australia to be held soon. Image: ebayink
Innovative digital projects are to be recognised in the National Archives of Australia 2017 Awards for Digital Excellence and nominations are now open to Commonwealth agencies.
The awards celebrate the positive changes and progress to making digital information more robust, fit-for-purpose and available.
The awards aim to recognise skilled information management professionals who are bringing people, technology and processes together to ensure that digital information assets are ably managed.
“Complementing the recently announced chief information governance role, this year an additional award category will recognise an outstanding individual within the Australian Public Service who has championed information management reform,” said David Fricker, Director-General of the National Archives.
Award winners will be selected from case studies that demonstrate significant advancement towards meeting Digital Continuity 2020 policy targets. Digital Continuity is a whole-of-government approach to digital information governance.
It complements the federal government’s digital transformation agenda and underpins the digital economy.
Digital Continuity 2020 is based on based on three principles identifies which describe optimum outcomes and targets that agencies should reach by 2020, covering:
- Principle 1 – Information is valued
- Principle 2 – Information is managed digitally
- Principle 3 – Information, systems and processes are inter-operable
The awards program is open until 28 February 2017.
Awards will be given for case studies which best demonstrate some or all of the following criteria:
- progress towards Digital Continuity 2020, such as the establishment of an Information Governance Committee, and completion of an Information Governance Framework
- transformation to digital services for better user / client experience
- improved agency accountability through information management
- effective communications to promote the value of information assets
- innovative use of technology or other solutions to enhance information management
- improvement in digital information management with limited resources
- evidence of building a culture that values digital information.
Awards will be offered in three categories: agencies with up to 200 staff; agencies with between 200 and 1,000 staff; and agencies of over 1,000 staff.
Last year’s winning entries included a process for gaining significant business benefits through digital transition and the development of a smartphone app for 6,500 Australians with bleeding disorders such as haemophilia.
