*'''<br>Develop a comprehensive framework of standards and guidance for digital recordkeeping and preservation across the public sector
*'''<br>Investigate the feasibility of providing agencies with an assessment of vendor electronic records management software and the aggregation of procurement of such systems
*'''<br>Conduct and report on ongoing audits of digital information practice across government and monitor information management in the public sector
*'''<br>Identify the information of significance to the New Zealand public sector and establish a prioritisation programme of digital preservation to ensure that it is accessible for the long-term
*'''<br>Establish a robust governance layer for public sector digital continuity initiatives to ensure effective leadership and value for money expenditure
*'''<br>Create communities of practice to found a broad cross-sectoral understanding of digital continuity issues; harmonise the legislative definitions of information management and compile a New Zealand digital glossary.
== What are the Benefits of the Digital Continuity Action Plan? ==
The benefits of implementing the action plan are:
*'''Efficiency of government spend by developing standards and guidance for procurement, cross-agency interoperable systems, efficient information use and reuse and government collaboration▼
▲*'''<br>Efficiency of government spend by developing standards and guidance for procurement, cross-agency interoperable systems, efficient information use and reuse and government collaboration
*'''Good government information infrastructure for digital continuity should result in significant economic savings and as it will remove the need for each public sector agency to develop its own solution independently▼
▲*'''<br>Good government information infrastructure for digital continuity should result in significant economic savings and as it will remove the need for each public sector agency to develop its own solution independently
*'''Quality information access, focussing on the high value information for government supports timely retrieval of business information. Disposal of ‘chaff’ helps to identify the business critical content▼
▲*'''<br>Quality information access, focussing on the high value information for government supports timely retrieval of business information. Disposal of ‘chaff’ helps to identify the business critical content
*'''Not reinventing the wheel, by leveraging existing research and development and repurposing existing assets we can add value to existing government investment. Pay for information creation once, benefit from this expenditure many times.▼
▲*'''<br>Not reinventing the wheel, by leveraging existing research and development and repurposing existing assets we can add value to existing government investment. Pay for information creation once, benefit from this expenditure many times.
