Monitoring framework
Monitoring public sector information and records management is a shared responsibility between us and each organisation, under the Public Records Act 2005 and the mandatory Information and records management standard.
The organisations we regulate have told us that they want clearer guidance, advice, and benefits from our monitoring. We’ve designed our new monitoring framework (the Framework) to help us focus our work as regulator of the performance of public sector information and records management. We’ll use what we learn from monitoring to support the sector more effectively to improve information and records management practice and performance.
Two key components form the Framework. Together these will provide a comprehensive view of the performance of information and records management in the public sector:
Annual survey of public offices and local authorities’ information and records management
Audit of public offices information and records management
The Framework is part of a larger work programme to implement our long term strategy, Archives 2057 , and feeds directly into our strategic focus areas of upholding transparency and building systems together. These focus areas demonstrate our intention to support open government principles and shape the processes and systems of public sector information and records management.
The Framework also directly contributes to the Open Government Partnership Third National Action Plan . We are leading Commitment 10, supporting transparency in government by developing and implementing our new approach to monitoring and openly reporting the findings.
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Our objectives
Through the Framework, we will:
form a complete picture of the information and records management performance of public sector organisations
track improvement in performance over time
identify and respond to risks, challenges, and opportunities in the management of information and records
identify emerging trends in public sector information and records management
provide visibility of regulated organisations’ performance
provide recommendations and insights on how to improve performance
inform our improvement of our regulatory activity such as education, advice and future monitoring
identify ways we can improve our relationship management and leadership of public sector information and records management
support the work of other regulators and leaders in related fields, including official information, privacy, security and public sector data.
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Survey of public sector information - general information
From 2019, the Survey of public sector information management will be delivered regularly (annually for at least the first two years). Survey findings are analysed and reported. The findings also inform the Chief Archivist's Report on the State of Government Recordkeeping . The raw data from the survey is published on data.govt.nz.
Analysis of survey data helps us:
form and share a picture of the performance of public sector information and records management
track performance over time using key health indicators
gather insights on the challenges, risks and opportunities organisations are facing
inform reporting to the government and the public on the state of public sector information and records management
Most regulated organisations, including local authorities, receive the survey. Although we send it directly to Executive Sponsors, it is our expectation that information and records management staff will contribute to the response.
The survey results benefit organisations by:
providing the opportunity for benchmarking your organisation’s information and records management performance
showing your organisation’s information and records management performance over time
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2020 Survey of public sector information
Public offices and local authorities were invited to report on the state of their information management, during the period 20 July to 7 August 2020. Executive sponsors received the invitation to participate and were responsible for coordinating the response for their organisation. Final survey responses were submitted through the SurveyMonkey link sent to Executive Sponsors. A PDF reference copy of the survey questions (PDF 1.19 MB) can be downloaded (This PDF is for reference only. It does not show the skip logic as applied in the online version).
We will report back on the findings of the survey later in the 2020 calendar year.
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2019 Survey of public sector information
The Survey of public sector information management 2019 was open from 17 June to 8 July 2019. Public offices and local authorities were invited to respond through the online survey tool SurveyMonkey. Out of 254 organisations invited, 228 responded.
Survey of public sector information management (PDF 1.05 MB) [This PDF is for reference only. It does not show the skip logic as applied in the online version.]
The survey findings report (PDF 2.10 MB) was published on 29 November 2019.
Information about our audits of public office recordkeeping and information management practices
The Information Management Maturity Assessment was developed to help New Zealand public offices and local authorities self-assess the maturity of their current IM practices and to support the Public Records Act 2005 (PRA) audit programme.
Our involvement in the international Open Government Partnership initiative
The tools we use to regulate government information