As a government agency we need an Information Publication Scheme (IPS) plan. Read what our plan includes.
As part of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) we need to have an IPS plan. This also helps us regularly review our IPS.
Objectives
The objectives of this plan are to outline how we’ll:
- manage our IPS information holdings
- identify and publish required and optional information under our IPS
- review our IPS to ensure the information published remains accurate, current and complete
- achieve satisfactory conformance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1
- work towards ensuring information published under the IPS is discoverable, understandable, machine-readable, re-useable and transformable
- measure the success of our IPS and identify opportunities to improve the functioning of the IPS in the future.
Creating our IPS
To identify our IPS information we:
- did an audit of the information we currently have on our website to identify:
- existing IPS documents
- any gaps
- identified other IPS documents we had that weren’t published on our website
- developed a disclosure log for information released in response to FOI requests
- regularly review website content to ensure information is accurate, up to date and complete
- created a new web page to store all IPS documents together.
IPS information architecture
Our Information Publication Scheme page includes:
- IPS information
- links to other sections of our website that hold information captured under the IPS.
If a document isn’t available in an accessible format, you can request an accessible format. We’ll try to meet all reasonable requests for documents to be provided in hardcopy (or alternative) formats in a timely manner.
All publications intended for public use are published on our public website. In addition, we provide copies of our annual report to the Commonwealth Library Deposit and Free Issue Scheme. All reports published under our name and case studies reports series are captured by the National Library of Australia's Trove program.
Information we need to publish
We publish all information needed under section 8(2) of the FOI Act. This includes our agency plan, as well as other information about:
- who we are and what we do
- our reports and responses to Parliament
- FOI requested information and our disclosure log
- public consultations
- contact details for our FOI officer.
Reviewing our IPS
We regularly review our IPS to identify information that must be published. The IPS is also included in our regular internal reporting framework.
We monitor and update our FOI disclosure log to publish FOI requests within 10 working days of the responses being made public (except for information that is exempt under the FOI Act).
How we review
To measure the success of our IPS we look at:
- the number of viewers to our IPS page
- feedback from the public about our IPS.
Comments and feedback about our IPS can be sent to:
Freedom of Information Officer
AUSTRAC
PO Box K534
Haymarket NSW 1240
Phone: 02 6120 2631
Email FOI@austrac.gov.au
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