​Principle 2 Govern

Alignment with this principle ensures that the agency has information governance structures, policies, procedures, processes and controls in place to manage State records. This will support immediate and future regulatory, legal, risk, environmental, and operational requirements.

Requirements:

• Overall responsibility for records management must be assigned to a senior officer
• Direct responsibility for records management must be assigned to an appropriately skilled and resourced records officer(s)
• All management, staff, contractors, and volunteers must be responsible for their recordkeeping
• The agency must have a Records Management program that is a framework for:
• Business analysis to inform the program
• Records Management Policy
• Records Management Procedures
• Records Management Plans - Operational, Strategic, and Vital Records
• Performance Management for reporting
• Risk Analysis
• Continuous improvement activities
• Managing multiple sites
• Outsourcing government business
• The agency's Records Management program must align with:
• The agency's Risk Management program
• Internal and External audit and review
• Disaster​ Recovery and Business Continuity planning
• Tasmanian Government Information Security Manual
• The agency must participate in Recordkeeping Audits conducted by TAHO

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