Mr. Hyde questions the Minister regarding inaccessible electronic files and the timeline for full digitalisation within the Local Government, Heritage, and Multicultural Interests portfolios. The response reveals differing progress across departments, with Local Government planning digitisation and Heritage lacking a timeline.

AnsweredQoN 3101Legislative Assembly
Asked
27 May 2010
Portfolio
Local Government; Heritage; Citizenship and Multicultural Interests

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In relation to the Minister’s answer to Question on Notice No. 2750, and his statement that officers cannot access old electronic versions of files and volumes and therefore the physical files must be ordered in, I ask:
(a) what is the format of the corrupted files; and
(b) what is the timeline for achieving full digitalisation of all files and records in the Minister’s departments and agencies?

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Answered
10 August 2010
Responded by
Minister for Local Government; Heritage; Citizenship and Multicultural Interests
Response time
75 days
Department of Local Government including the Office of Multicultural Interests
(a) The Department's electronic records date back to 2005 and are all electronically accessible.
(b) The Department will be implementing digitisation of all records during the next 12 months.
Heritage Council of Western Australia
(a) Not Applicable
(b) As the Office of Heritage has not undertaken a business case, there is no timeline for achieving full digitalisation of all files and records.
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