Records management portal proposed.The Electronic Records Policy Working Group (ERPWG ERPWG Electronic Records Policy Working Group ), the U.S. 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. ) committee charged with designing a federal electronic records management policy, has announced plans for the creation of a government-wide records management Web portal See portal. . The project, dubbed "Toolkit," may launch as early as 2005, 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. the ERPWG, but no funding or timeline has been announced. Toolkit will adopt many recommendations of a recent 200-participant report that revealed federal employees do not recognize information as a business asset. According to the report, their marginal support for records management has resulted in a lack of training and tools. The Chief Information Officers (CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. ) Council Interagency Committee on Government Information (ICGI ICGI Interagency Committee on Government Information ICGI International Colloquium on Grammatical Inference ICGI International Coalition for Genital Integrity ) published a report in July detailing the challenges facing the effective management of electronic records. The report revealed four obstacles to electronic government: * Records are not managed as business assets. * Records management is not viewed as mission critical. * Minimal support currently exists for records management. * There is currently poor integration of records management and information technology. Toolkit will be an Internet portal managed and hosted by NARA with assistance from ERPWG. The goal, team members say, is for Toolkit to be a place online where agencies can go for tools that facilitate the effective management of government records. Toolkit's contents, posted as online links, might include best practices, documents, and lessons learned, officials said. ERPWG will manage metadata on the tools, providing user-friendly views and links. It will share tools proven to help agencies: * manage records as business assets * incorporate records management requirements in planning/redesign of systems * overcome marginal support for records management in agencies * promote integration of RM and IT |
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