The Recordkeeping Standards Project was established to create new standards for recordkeeping in the Victorian Government. The project team has adopted an approach to standards that is consultative, structured and auditable, and will as a result produce a suite of documents that are consistent, useful, usable and durable.

Mission statement

The Recordkeeping Standards Project will deliver a suite of practical standards and associated documentation to assist public sector agencies implement a sound program of records management that addresses the needs of relevant stakeholders.

Objectives

The project will deliver a suite of new Recordkeeping Standards and supporting documentation that will:

• Support the implementation of a program of sound records management across the public sector
• Articulate the key principles underlying best practice recordkeeping
• Identify and describe practical, measurable and achievable compliance requirements needed to meet each principle
• Ensure that public sector agencies are fully aware and accepting of the Recordkeeping Standards
• Provide public sector agencies with tools, education and guidance to assist them in complying with the Recordkeeping Standards