SPREHE, Timothy

Integrating records management into informational resources management in U.S. governing agencies - 2000

This article presents several key issues facing federal agencies with regards to electronic records management practices. The article identifies selected management, technologiy implementation, and definitional barriers that agencies encounter when considering how to create and maintain an electronic records management process. A key question for federal agency technology managers is: if an enterprise creates and manages virutally all of its information in an automated information technology systems environment, does it make any sense to manage its records in a manual environment? Based on research conducted by the author, the article reviews various federal agency electronic records management processes and the implications for those practices