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OMB: Records management directive coming

A Nov. 28 presidential memorandum unveiled an Office of Management and Budget effort to reform records management, which will culminate in the issuance of a records management directive in summer

NARA seeks feedback on shared-drive content-management proposal

The National Archives and Records Administration is requesting comment from federal agencies on proposed new guidance for managing content on shared drives. NARA says shared drives, or network

'Snapshots' cannot accurately archive gov 2.0 content, says Navy official

Simply capturing an image of social media content hosted by third parties isn't a sufficient archiving strategy, says Charley Barth, director of records at the Department of the Navy. Since October

Senate appropriators seek more funds for NARA, less for E-Gov account than House counterparts

A Senate Appropriations Committee markup of the annual federal financial services and general government funding bill would give approximately 5 percent less than the president's request but

Many agencies lack important policies for social media use

Twenty-three of 24 major federal agencies engage in social media but many lack a clear plan to mitigate records management, privacy and security challenges, according to an report by the Government

Report: Agencies unsure how to archive social media

When many agencies capture social media records for archiving--to the extent they do--they do so by printing out the content onto paper and storing that, finds a report from an industry advisory...

Ferriero: Electronic records archiving in crisis

Electronic records face an archiving crisis, said Archivist David Ferriero while speaking March 18 at a Washington, D.C.. event put on by the Center for American Progress and OpenTheGovernment.org. A

NARA: Most agencies at risk of bad records management

Most federal agencies are at moderate- to high- risk of not properly archiving records, says the National Archives and Records Administration in an evaluation of agency records management

ISO could come out with digital record guidance in 2011

The International Organization for Standardization will likely release guidance on preservation of digital records, according to a National Archives and Records Administration policy analyst. Arian

NARA: OSD 'likely' not properly managing email and shared files records

The office of secretary of defense is likely not undertaking proper records disposition of emails and shared files, says a National Archives and Records Administration inspection report (.pdf)