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Electronic Records Management Initiative
See Guidance Products issued
This page provides information on the E-Government Electronic Records
Management Initiative, for which NARA is the managing partner. E-Government
is part of the President Bush's management agenda aimed at making it simpler
for citizens to receive high-quality service from the Federal Government,
while reducing the cost of delivering those services. The Electronic Records
Management Initiative is one of 24 initiatives
under E-Government. Records management is an important part of the infrastructure
that will make E-Government work, and we are working closely with our partners
to ensure success.
The Electronic Records Management Initiative will provide the tools that
agencies will need to manage their records in electronic form, addressing
specific areas of electronic records management where agencies are having
major difficulties. This project will provide guidance on electronic records
management applicable government-wide and will enable agencies to transfer
electronic records to NARA in a variety of data types and formats so that
they may be preserved for future use by the government and citizens. (from E-Government Strategy, February 27, 2002)
Vision:
To effectively manage and facilitate access to agency information in order
to support and accelerate decision making and ensure accountability.
Goals:
- To integrate e-records management concepts and practices with comprehensive
information management policies, processes and objectives to assure the integrity
of e-records and information.
- To employ ERM to support interoperability, timely and effective decision making, and improved services to customers.
- To provide the tools for agencies to access e-records for as long as
required and to transfer permanent e-records to NARA for preservation and
future use by government and citizens
Organization and projects:
NARA is the managing partner agency for the ERM Initiative. The projects
that are part of the ERM Initiative are organized into four issue areas,
each with a lead partner agency:
- Correspondence Tracking
Lead Agency: Department of Energy
Point of Contact: Lawrence Gross, lawrence.gross@hq.doe.gov
This issue area evaluated interagency coordination of
Congressional inquiries
- Enterprise-wide ERM
Lead Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Point of Contact: Chris O'Donnell, odonnell.chris@epa.gov
This issue area will provide tools for agencies to use as they plan and implement ERM systems
- Transfer of Permanent E-records to NARA
Lead Agency: National Archives and Records Administration
Interim Point of Contact: Mark Giguere, mark.giguere@nara.gov
This issue area will address an expansion of both the number of formats
NARA can accept, and the media and techniques that can be used by Federal
agencies when transferring their permanently valuable electronic records
to the National Archives of the United States
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