ARMA supports NARA's Proposal for a Redesign of Federal Records Management.According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a team of ARMA members, the National Archives National Archives, official depository for records of the U.S. federal government, established in 1934 by an act of Congress. Although displeasure concerning the method of keeping national records was voiced in Congress as early as 1810, the United States continued and Records Administration (NARA Nara (nä`rä), city (1990 pop. 349,349), capital of Nara prefecture, S Honshu, Japan. An ancient cultural and religious center, it was founded in 706 by imperial decree and was modeled after Chang'an (see Xi'an), the capital of T'ang China. ) is making good progress in its efforts to redesign re·de·sign tr.v. re·de·signed, re·de·sign·ing, re·de·signs To make a revision in the appearance or function of. re the federal records management program. In particular, the review team approved of NARA's move to streamline some activities for the agencies and to begin managing business information, rather than trying to distinguish records from non-records material. It is also noteworthy that NARA is integrating concepts from ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 15489 as related to the creation and management of trustworthy records. Reviewers also noted that many of the forces impacting NARA are having a similar impact on private organizations. The challenges are common: increasing volumes of electronic records and a lack of resources to cope with the growing volumes. NARA has chosen to emphasize the value of our profession to ongoing business processes with attention to accountability and corporate memory. A summary of the NARA Proposal for A Redesign of Federal Records Management and of ARMA International's comments is available on ARMA's Web site at www.arma.org/ pdf/nara_redesign.pdf. For the full text of the NARA Proposal for A Redesign of Federal Records Management, go to www.archives.gov/records_management/pdf/rm_redesign.pdf. |
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