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Management and use of Government information
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The way Government information is used, communicated and stored is critical to the operations of the Australian Government and has implications for privacy, copyright, knowledge management, security, history and accountability.
The information management and record keeping framework places responsibilities on agency heads to ensure their agencies create full and accurate records, and that information is managed and communicated in a way that supports the role of the Government and the interests of the community.
This section covers:
- Disclosure of official information
- Freedom of Information Act 1982
- Privacy Act 1988
- Archives Act 1983
- Evidence Act 1995
- Senate Order on departmental and agency contracts (4 December 2003)
- Senate Order No 6 — Indexed lists of departmental and agency files
- Senate Order — Commercial-in-confidence material
- Senate Order — Government advertising
- Copyright Act 1968
- Management of Commonwealth IT-related intellectual property
- Electronic Transactions Act 1999
- Government minimum online standards and e-Government
