IIM Newsletter July 2009

 
    IIM Newsletter July 2009


Vlad Videnovic
National President
Dear Member,

It is with pleasure that I welcome you to the July issue of your IIM newsletter. 

After we had another successful month of May, which included a variety of events and activities supporting the “Diversity”, the overall theme of the Information Awareness Month (IAM) 2009. 

This year IAM was launched by Minister Faulkner at the National Archives of Australia. In his speech, Minister Faulkner emphasised that “Information management should be seen as integral to the everyday governance framework of Australian Government agencies. To make this happen, we need to ensure that agencies have sound information management capability when making decisions about investment in ICT and assessing their broader business system needs… Agencies must be capable of moving towards a culture of openness where information is generally made available as a matter of course rather than when explicitly required. More effective, holistic management of information across government is a key to realising this outcome.’’ More information on the opening speech follows.

IAM 2009 included many meetings and events organised by IIM, some of which have been produced in cooperation with other organisations under the umbrella of IAM. 

After IAM, our focus is back to IIM events. One of the major events this year is organised by the ACT Branch, which is now constricting their efforts on the Annual Conference, scheduled for 7th October in Canberra Rydges Lakeside. The Conference Program Committee has had a fantastic response to the call for papers and this conference already promises to build further on the successes of our previous conferences. The outline of the program is available here. Please note that the Early Bird registration period finishes at the end of this month.

It is now the time for a renewal of our memberships. By now, members should have received their membership subscription for 2009/2010. In setting the fees for 2009/10, the Board has been cognisant of the current financial situation and have set the Early-Bird rate at last years standard membership rate. By paying before the end of August you avoid the increase in fees.

Please also note that if you pay your fees, you continue to receive your copy of Image and Data Manager and to obtain member rates to all IIM events like the Conference in Canberra on the 
7th October.

Vlad Videnovic
President
The IIM Board welcomes the following new members.
Corporate
Individual Members
David Brown
Peter Towie
IIM ACT BRANCH CONFERENCE 2009
"Managing Information Today and Tomorrow"
Rydges Lakeside
Wednesday 7th October 2009
Opening Key Note: Top Ten Myths of Enterprise Information Management
Stream A Stream B Stream C
Governance, Risk, Compliance Enterprise Content Management Business Intelligence
Alan Wheat
Metadata Threat
David Eade
Government 2.0: Information Innovation, Citizen Engagement and Effective Agency Collaboration
Mark Grundy
Towards the Successful BI Strategy
Pierre Truter
Implementing Information Management to Support Collaborative Decision Making in Air Traffic Control
Alison Hawkins
Case Study: Benefits of successful provision of information for the Community
Andrew Ford
Netcentricity and SOA:
Defence and Whole-of-Government Information Management
Seamus E. Byrne
E-Discovery – Where Information Management and Litigation Meet
James Robertson
Where do social tools fit in?
Cheryl Brickell
Capturing your business intelligence for strategic positioning.

Freedom of Information (FoI)
Today and Tomorrow
Cairo Walker
Social media and Enterprise 2.0 case studies: the haves, the have-nots and the wannabes

Case Study: Business Intelligence in Action
Closing Key Note: Overview of the Enterprise Information Management in ACT
Sponsors
Gold Silver Exhibitor


Launch of Information Awareness Month
National Archives of Australia
Speech by Senator the Hon John Faulkner, Special Minister of State
5 May 2009

Ladies and gentlemen, Information Awareness Month, held in May, is a national initiative. The National Archives ensures the accountability of Government to current and future generations through its critical role in identifying, managing and preserving information of enduring national significance. The draft Information Commissioner Bill 2009 and Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Bill 2009, have been released for public consultation. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the principle that underpins the government’s approach to information management. 

Good information management is about the needs of government agencies, but it is also about the rights of members of the community, both to know that government information is appropriately and securely handled, and to access that information unless there is a clear public interest reason against it. 

It is important that Australian Government agencies manage this information digitally from the time of its creation.

Information management should be seen as integral to the everyday governance framework of Australian Government agencies. Acknowledging directly that better management of records in agencies requires improved management of all information in all formats, including new and emerging technologies, the Archives established its Government Information Management Branch in early 2007. More effective, holistic management of information across government is a key to realising this outcome. 
 

Presentation: “Right Information, Right Time, Right Place”
Solving Business Challenges at Greater Dandenong
Presentation to IIM Melbourne Branch - May 2009
Presenter:  Adele Evans - IT Projects & Strategy Co-Ordinator, City of Greater Dandenong
Presentation Links:          
 
Image & Data Manager Highlights 
IIM Financial members of IIM would have received their copy of the latest edition of Image & Data Manager magazine compulsory reading for all information management professionals. 
IDM May/June 2009 Edition
Google promises a new Wave of messaging
David Banes explores the impact of Google's new browser-based platform that will handle email and instant messaging (IM) as well as wiki-type documents and blog content like photos.
NSW Health’s $100M electronic records management (eRM) initiative
Explore how clinical and clerical staff at St George Hospital are pioneering the latest Electronic Medical Record (eMR) clinical system for NSW public hospitals
Building a Knowledge Management Toolkit
How do you go about transferring knowledge from one part of an organisation to another? In order to ensure that the target audience has easy access to all needed information, a single, central repository that includes all required content is important. This library should be capable of storing audio and video, as well as conventional documents, to ensure that all audience needs and learning styles can be catered to from a single source. The content needs to be reliable, accurate and up to date.
Fremantle Ports wins hearts and minds with Trim
The port of Fremantle has undertaken a lengthy KM evolution. Business Information Manager Debbie Cutts charts the course it has followed.
INVOICE PROCESSING
AP automation at the Salvation Army
Over the past 10 years, The Salvation Army Eastern Territory has evolved a state-of-the-art accounts payable department that handles the centralised processing of invoices and documents submitted to 400 separate sites across Australia. 
Cover Story - Orica’s Procure to Pay revolution
Invoice Processing Manager Ciaran Mara reflects on the massive project to implement a new AP automation platform at Orica's Shared Services facility in Melbourne. The implementation at Orica's Australian operation is being watched closely for a potential to roll it out around the globe. Orica is an Australian company that operates on a world scale, with a presence in around 50 countries.
Placemakers (NZ) outsources AP headaches
New Zealand hardware chain PlaceMakers has turned to Speedscan to provide an accounts payable workflow solution.
IDM Weekly News June 26, 2009

Godwin, You've got mail
While the outcome of the Australian Federal Police investigation into "Utegate" will not be known until July 29, the saga has had the side effect of lifting awareness of email security.
An email that was discussed in hushed tones among the political cognoscenti last week has been thrust into the limelight, and been quickly declared a fake by the Australian Federal Police, although the exact details of the forgery are still to be revealed.

Was it a simple case of a public servant taking advantage of an unoccupied computer while the legitimate user was still logged in? Was the message concocted by spoofing an email account or is it just a dummy printout?
Full article link.
The Strategic CIO: Transformational CIO building blocks
What are the transformational CIO building blocks that can enable CIOs to drive the business, as well as support the business?
Bruce Carlos  08 July, 2009

Rethinking business
In the current economic climate change is pervading business as traditional fundamental principles are challenged by many executives. Business functionals are being fundamentally impacted by developments such as cloud computing, e-commerce and complex customer purchasing behaviour. Now more than ever is the time for efficiency and cost reduction -- the time for business to get effective help to review their IT construct and get their IT model right.
How should you as a CIO support these business transformations? What are the transformational CIO building blocks that can enable CIOs to drive the business as well as support the business?

IIM Member Discounts apply to all conferences listed below.
Organiser 
State
Event Details
Conference Link
NSW
KM Australia - From Diverse Perspectives
Date: 4 - 7 August 2009
Venue: Luna Park
NSW
Public Sector Information Security
Date: 23 - 24 July 2009
Venue: Rydges World Square, Sydney
NSW
eDiscovery
Date: 15 - 17 June 2009
Venue: Rydges World Square, Sydney
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