Our Strategic Plan sets the direction and priorities for the next four years.

2025 - 2029 Strategic Plan

Strategies

  • Proactively uphold and advance information access and information privacy rights to deliver impactful outcomes for the community.
  • Promote within agencies a culture that values proactive and administrative release, as well as the early and effective resolution of privacy complaints.
  • Conduct independent merit reviews using flexible approaches and clear, tailored responses to review applications.
  • Review privacy complaints and data breach notifications, providing mediation or advice where appropriate.
  • Provide independent advice on proposed legislative reform and policy initiatives to ensure information access and information privacy impacts are upheld.

How we measure success

  • Applicant overall satisfaction with the service provided in assessment and conduct of external review of agency or Minister decisions about access to and amendment of government-held information under the Act.
  • Percentage of finalised external review applications resolved informally without a decision.
  • Percentage of external review applications finalised to received
  • Agency overall satisfaction with the privacy complaint mediation service.
  • Percentage of recommendations from regulatory performance monitoring activity (audit, investigation etc) implemented
  • Number of submissions provided to promote government transparency and information privacy.

Strategies

  • Build understanding and capability in information access and privacy rights through the delivery of accessible and effective information, education and engagement programs.
  • Deliver accessible resources and training opportunities to build community and agency awareness and understanding of information access and privacy rights and responsibilities.
  • Engage in, and where appropriate lead, professional networks to influence sectoral engagement with information access and privacy matters and promote best practice.
  • Deliver a new website that provides accessible and customer-centric information and resources to meet the needs of the community and agencies.

How we measure success

  • Agency overall satisfaction with the information resources provided by OIC
  • Agency overall satisfaction with the Enquiries service
  • Participant satisfaction with OIC training
  • Participation volumes (training/events/web/engagements)

Strategies

  • Advance effective and efficient regulatory practice and governance through risk-based, data-driven, and sustainable operations.
  • Monitor, audit, review and report on agencies’ information management, access and privacy practices ensuring they comply with legislative obligations
  • Establish case management systems that support performance reporting and identify emerging risks, issues and trends, and respond through data-driven decision making.
  • Publish and promote our Regulatory Policy to provide transparency to the community and agencies on our risk-based approach to regulation.

How we measure success

  • Number of regulatory oversight reports published
  • Cost of providing advice and guidance per Enquiries service response
  • Fiscally responsible delivery of budget.

Strategies

  • Foster a workplace where staff are valued, empowered, and have the skills and confidence to respond to change in a complex environment.
  • Maintain a diverse, skilled, safe and engaged workforce.
  • Model a culture of integrity, accountability, respect and performance.
  • Drive and embrace continuous improvement and innovation.

How we measure success

  • Staff engagement score as reflected in Working for Queensland survey
  • Proportion of staff with completed Personal Development Plan.

Opportunities

  • Actively engaging with strategic stakeholders to promote proactive stewardship of information access and privacy rights where we can have the most impact for the community and the Queensland public sector
  • Applying a risk based, intelligence-led approach to sectoral changes, such as artificial intelligence and cyber threats, affecting information access and privacy
  • Maximising our use of data to provide targeted information, education and engagement activities, regulatory oversight and operational performance and reporting
  • Investing in a future fit workforce to promote capability, safety, responsiveness and resilience

Challenges

  • Maintaining independent and responsive service delivery in high demand and complex activity areas
  • Public sector adoption of new technologies with insufficient regard to information access and privacy considerations (Privacy by Design and Transparency by Design)
  • Maintaining sustainable ICT systems and protecting against cyber threats or information loss
  • Developing workforce skills, capability and adaptability to meet future needs and succession planning
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