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The management of Land Court records in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is in a dire state. As a result, the proper operation of the Land Court has been compromised. Land Court o cials are navigating through the dark, unaware of even the most rudimentary information such as the scale of case backlogs. Archiving and storage of Land Court les is failing to me...
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... of Tables Table 1: Shifting to a well-functioning system design for records management 20 ...Context 2
... this all amounts to is that the records management system would be able to shift to a centralised management system with, at most, a moderate increase in the operating budget (see Table 1). The only significant injection of funds needed would be to build and establish an archive facility in Port Moresby. ...Context 3
... only significant injection of funds needed would be to build and establish an archive facility in Port Moresby. Within the confines of the ongoing budget, the centralised system can operate effectively in accordance with the design criteria laid out in Figure 2. In complete contrast, there is little or no prospect for the existing decentralised manual records system to progress beyond the current poor state within the confines of the budget (Table 1). For it to work, very large injections of funds would be needed to improve storage facilities in each district and to put in place a workable monitoring and evaluation system. ...Context 4
... navigating its way forward, management at Magisterial Services should be mindful of taking the easiest path towards a long-term sustainable solution. This solution is a centralised records management system designed in accordance with Figure 2 as outlined in Section 7 and Table 1. The easiest path is to first adopt in full the electronic system of records management. ...Citations
The Land Court division within the Magisterial Services is headed by the Deputy Chief Magistrate. • The Land Court existing records management system is fully decentralised, and is operating entirely in the district and provincial Land Court offices. • The records management system is in a dire state: archiving and storage of case files fail to meet minimum standards; there are no dedicated storage facilities; and the electronic records management system is not fully developed. • The key to improving the Land Court records is to centralise the case file management system using an electronic system, while meeting the key file management criteria of compliance, reliability and integrity.
