Database records achievements

By Amanda McIntosh

On July 31 the Defence Secretary, Mr Ric Smith announced the establishment of a new Defence Achievements Database at the Senior Leadership Recall day.

The database will highlight Defence’s many achievements, especially those that may not otherwise receive recognition and is accessible to all members through the Defence Restricted Network.

Anyone at individual or unit level can submit items to the database. Items for inclusion could include:

• Matters referred to the Minister’s attention;
  
• Matters that affect a number of areas in Defence;
  
• Matters that have been published in Navy News, Seatalk etc;
  
• Issues that have appeared in press releases; or
  
• Achievements that have not been recorded elsewhere.
  

The proforma allows approximately three paragraphs for the item description, but there is a section for other resources such as websites.

As there is only a small amount of room for information about the achievement it is important to provide a relevant point of contact.

Any item to be included in the database needs to be unclassified and cleared at one-star (E) level before the information can be displayed.

The database is accessed through the Defence Restricted Network Intranet site at:

http://intranet.defence.gov.au/defenceachievements/ or by a link from the front page of the Defence Restricted Network Homepage.

A proforma including an approval section is available from Amanda McIntosh at NHQ.
Representatives nominated from Navy to collect achievements and put them into the database are:

Amanda McIntosh on email amanda.mcintosh@defence.gov.au and phone 02 6265 3297 or CMDR Bob Plath,
email robert.plath@defence.gov.au

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