...Massimo Rebuglio; Filippo Maria Ottaviani; Alberto De Marco Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of laws, regulations and standards (i.e. the sources) on implementing a recordkeeping system in the public sector. It then provides an approach to set up a recordkeeping system in public...

... Ministers and what the impact of the implementation on the Scottish public sector records management community has been. It examines to what extent the successes achieved under the Act can be attributed to the regulatory stick or the combined carrots of business efficiency, transparency, accountability...

... that the South African public sector encounters challenges such as a lack of skills in managing electronic records, management support, resources and legislative frameworks and policies. The study’s findings revealed that although electronic records are essential for service delivery in South Africa...

... of the Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF) in Abuja. As a result, the findings may not be generalized to other ministries in Nigeria. Practical implications It is hoped that the study would benefit the public sectors that are desirous to opt for e-records management and provide benchmarks for policymakers...

...-government initiatives (Lemieux, 2015). The proliferation of ICTs in public sector organisations has been attributed to a number of reasons, including the need to account for the use of public resources and to improve the delivery of services (Heeks, 1998 ; Hendricks, 2012). Conducting business...

... commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Public sector Ethics Governance Information management Legislation Researchers...

...Kaydene Duffus Purpose This paper aims to highlight the recruitment practices in the records management (RM) profession in Jamaica’s public sector and their implications for professional practice. This paper is part of a larger doctoral study completed at the University College London...

...Katherine Mary Chorley Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the challenges that open government data initiatives present to records management within the public sector in England and to identify areas of practice and policy that will need to be developed to ensure compliance...

... study in a single organisation in the Swedish public sector context. Practical implications – The findings could be useful for public organisations that intend to reorganise and centralise documentation practices. Furthermore, the findings contribute to record keeping practitioners...

... standards, guidelines, policies and manuals to assist Australian public sector organisations to implement strategies to make and keep full and accurate records. The NAA committed to this course of action in response to evidence of widespread poor record keeping in the Australian Government, the result...

...Patrick Ngulube This paper is a report of a study that looks at the practice of records management in the public sector in Zimbabwe and the extent to which records management, within Zimbabwe, can be regarded as a profession. The study reveals that records are mishandled and abused suggesting...

...Henry N Kemoni This study examines the role of records centres in relation to the management of public sector records in Kenya. It highlights the inadequacies of the Public Archives and Documentation Service Act (Cap 19) of 1965 as a tool to manage public sector records. The findings of the study...