This is a reminder that NARA is holding an open public meeting on Thursday, May 21, 2015, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the McGowan Theater (basement level), National Archives and Records Administration downtown building, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW to solicit comments on General Records Schedule 6.1: Email Managed under a Capstone Approach. This … Continue reading Reminder: Capstone GRS Public Meeting
Whatever Happened to GRS Email and Word Processing Files?
Our GRS Team continues to work on updating the General Records Schedules. However, they also will be providing updates on particular questions that they receive. Consider this your GRS Tip of the Month! Whatever happened to GRS items for electronic mail and word processing files? NARA enacted a new policy in 1998: all new records schedules must … Continue reading Whatever Happened to GRS Email and Word Processing Files?
Records Management Maturity Model
Another item in the OMB/NARA Managing Government Records Directive that we have been working on is item B4. This item called on us to identify a government-wide analytical to help agencies evaluate the effectiveness of their records programs. We have been working with the Federal Records Council on this project and are now pleased to … Continue reading Records Management Maturity Model
Case for Records Management Course Offering
In response to agency requests, we will host a second offering of The Case for Records Management: Issues for Federal Agency Counsel at Archives I in Washington, DC on Monday, May 11, 2015. Why attend? Legal professionals know when business-critical information is missing or inaccessible, an agency risks fines, damage to its reputation, failure to perform … Continue reading Case for Records Management Course Offering
GRS Project Update
This update comes from the GRS Team. First, we would like to note that monthly status updates on the GRS project are available on our web page in the “Recent News” section. These status updates include all present and future schedules we are working on or have planned, which GRS Transmittal we expect to issue … Continue reading GRS Project Update
DRAFT Capstone GRS Available
General Records Schedule 6.1: Email Managed Under a Capstone Approach Given public interest in Federal Government email management, and in conjunction with its publication in the Federal Register, NARA is soliciting comments on General Records Schedule 6.1: Email Managed under a Capstone Approach. To facilitate the comment process, a copy of the review package comprised … Continue reading DRAFT Capstone GRS Available
OPM Releases Final Records Management Occupation Flysheet
OPM released a memorandum for Chief Human Capital Officers announcing the final version of the Records Management Occupation Flysheet (O308) and the Qualification Standard on March 10. This action formally created a new occupational series of records and information management. We believe this will elevate the roles, responsibilities, and skill sets for agency records officers and … Continue reading OPM Releases Final Records Management Occupation Flysheet
Open Source Tools for Records Management Report Released
We are pleased to announce the release of a report on open source tools for records management. This report was produced in response to item A3.2 in the Managing Government Records Directive (M-12-18) and is available here. This item actively encourages NARA to work with agencies to review and identify open source tools for records … Continue reading Open Source Tools for Records Management Report Released
Automated Electronic Records Management Plan Portal
We have launched a new portal to share information about our ongoing work on the Automated Electronic Records Management Plan. The portal displays a table corresponding to the three parts of the framework in the plan: governance, procurement, and technology. We will post on our ongoing projects to the portal. All of these projects demonstrate … Continue reading Automated Electronic Records Management Plan Portal
GRS Update: Bucketing Items
This update is from our General Records Schedule (GRS) Team The GRS Team has recently been reviewing a number of schedules from agencies that bucket GRS items. (This review is part of the normal internal stakeholder review process that all schedules go through and any schedules superseding GRS items are reviewed by the GRS Team.) … Continue reading GRS Update: Bucketing Items