Information Management

Information Management

Author: United States. General Accounting Office

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13:

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A report on the challenges associated with the National Archives and Records Administration's (NARA) efforts to respond to government-wide electronic records management problems and its future plans.


Historical Information Science

Historical Information Science

Author: Lawrence J. McCrank

Publisher: Information Today, Inc.

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 1216

ISBN-13: 9781573870719

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Historical Information Science is an extensive review and bibliographic essay, backed by almost 6,000 citations, detailing developments in information technology since the advent of personal computers and the convergence of several social science and humanities disciplines in historical computing. Its focus is on the access, preservation, and analysis of historical information (primarily in electronic form) and the relationships between new methodology and instructional media, techniques, and research trends in library special collections, digital libraries, data archives, and museums.


Federal Records

Federal Records

Author: Linda D. Koontz

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2009-02-01

Total Pages: 69

ISBN-13: 1437907687

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Fed. agencies are increasingly using electronic mail (e-mail) for essential communication. In doing so, they are potentially creating messages that have the status of fed. records, which must be managed and preserved in accordance with the Fed. Records Act. Under the act, both the Nat. Archives and Records Admin. (NARA) and fed. agencies have responsibilities for managing fed. records, including e-mail records. In view of the importance that e-mail plays in documenting gov¿t. activities, this report reviews the extent to which NARA provides oversight of fed. records mgmt., describes selected agencies¿ processes for managing e-mail records, and assesses these agencies¿ e-mail policies and key practices. Includes recommendations. Charts.