A WA parliamentary question seeks data on records management practices across various government departments and agencies, including the volume of archival material, and the number of staff trained in records management and digital archiving.

AnsweredQoN 3376Legislative Assembly
Asked
28 June 2018
Portfolio
Premier; Minister for Public Sector Management; State Development, Jobs and Trade; Federal-State Relations

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For each department, agency, government trading enterprise or organisation within your portfolios, can you please advise: (a) how many lineal meters of hard copy documents are held by the organisation, which would be transferred to the State Records Office as State Archives, if transfers were being accepted; (b) how many FTE have specific training in the State Records Act 2000 ; (c) how many FTE have specific training in, or knowledge of the long-term care and preservation of State Archives; and (d) how many FTE have specific training in, or knowledge of the management of digital archives?

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Answered
14 August 2018
Response time
1 days
Goldcorp
(a)        65 linear metres.
(b)        130 current.
(c)        3
(d)       2
Lotterywest
(a)        Lotterywest has 250 linear meters of hard copy documents which would be transferred to the State Records Office as State Archives, if transfers were being accepted;
(b)        Lotterywest has three (3) FTE that have specific training in the State Records Act 2000;
(c)        Lotterywest has three (3) FTE that have specific training in and knowledge of the long-term care and preservation of State Archives; and
(d)       Lotterywest has three (3) FTE that have specific training in and knowledge of the management of digital archives.
Premier and Cabinet
(a)        250 linear metres (current).
(b)        Nil. All FTE are enrolled in a recordkeeping awareness training course which includes information on the State Records Act 2000 as per the requirements of the State Records Commission (SRC).
(c)        Two.
(d)       Three.
Public Sector Commission
(a)        360 linear metres approximate.
(b)        Nil. All FTE are enrolled in a recordkeeping awareness training course which includes information on the State Records Act 2000.
(c)        Two within the Department of the Premier and Cabinet (service provider to the Commission).
(d)       Three within the Department of the Premier and Cabinet (service provider to the Commission).
Salaries and Allowances Tribunal
(a)        The agency is not able to allocate the resources required to answer this question.
(b)        All FTE (3) are required to receive training in relation to the State Records Act 2000.
(c)        Nil.
(d)       Nil.
Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation
(a)        50 lineal metres.
(b)        2
(c)        2
(d)       2
Tourism Western Australia
(a)        324 lineal metres.
(b)        1
(c)        1
(d)       1

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