Archiving your website

Once migration of content to nsw.gov.au is complete, agencies must follow relevant record keeping requirements when archiving content or decommissioning its website.

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Agency responsibilities 

Agencies, as content owners, are responsible for  the information published on nsw.gov.au for records management purposes. 

Agencies must manage records, information and data as per the State Records Act 1998, retention and disposal authorities and their organisation’s records and information management policies.

When content is ready to be decommissioned, agencies should refer to their records management team for guidance on: 

  • how long the record needs to be retained for
  • the best format for recordkeeping.

When in doubt, agencies should keep an archive of their website content in a Web ARChive (.warc) format, in the agency’s records management system, such as TRIM or Objective. 

The nsw.gov.au web archive

The State Library of NSW captures snapshots of NSW Government websites over time

For websites that are migrated as part of OneCX Program, the nsw.gov.au team will contact the State Library of NSW to capture a final snapshot of the website before it is shut down. 

State Records resources

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