INQ180

TitleLong
Business Continuity Management in Local Government (VIC)
INQAuthor
D.D.R. Pearson, Auditor General
Year
InquiryType
DisasterType
State
Status

Recommendations for this Inquiry

INQ-ref REC-UID CODE SubCode SrcNUM Recommendation
INQ180 REC180-2969 A - Responsibility 22 - Role of local Gvt Recommendation 1

Councils should strengthen governance arrangements for business continuity by:

INQ180 REC180-2970 A - Responsibility 22 - Role of local Gvt Recommendation 2

Councils should improve assessments of business continuity risks by:
• strengthening risk management practices to assure they identify and consider the full range of specific business continuity risks

INQ180 REC180-2971 A - Responsibility 22 - Role of local Gvt Recommendation 3

Councils should improve the structure, format and content of their business continuity plans to provide greater clarity on roles and responsibilities for emergencies, more specificity on continuity and recovery responses, and better integration with other council disaster recovery and emergency p

INQ180 REC180-2972 A - Responsibility 22 - Role of local Gvt Recommendation 4

Councils should strengthen their continuous improvement frameworks by:
• systematically reviewing the effectiveness of their business continuity activities
• regularly testing business continuity plans to assure they are up-to-date and effective

INQ180 REC180-2973 A - Responsibility 22 - Role of local Gvt Recommendation 5

Local Government Victoria should, further to its work on strengthening the oversight role of audit committees, assist councils to develop good practice approaches to implementing, overseeing and continuously improving business continuity management.