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People
Sprehe: E-mail records problems
White House officials didn’t save their e-mail messages, but neither do officials at most agencies.
People
Sprehe: Missing the point
Information management suffers when agencies focus too obsessively on risk management.
People
Sprehe: Embracing data
New Air Force information management policy is a step toward preserving institutional memory.
People
Sprehe: Why people matter
Three current developments could make it more difficult to manage federal IT systems.
People
Sprehe: Saving vs. managing e-mail
The test of a good e-mail archiving system is how efficiently and accurately it retrieves information.
People
Sprehe: NARA profile reflects bad focus
The architecture document gives more attention to the risks than the benefits of records management.
Digital Government
Sprehe: A puzzling executive order
The Bush administration makes it harder to get information from the government
Digital Government
Sprehe: Wishing NARA well
It will take a lot of effort for the Electronic Records Archives to succeed
Digital Government
Sprehe: FBI gets it right
Bureau requires systems to be certified as complying with existing standard.
Digital Government
Sprehe: Promises not yet fulfilled
Clinger-Cohen has been a major step forward in government management.
People
Sprehe: OMB's policy needs help
The pablum of a Web site policy was yesterday's news several years ago.
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An off-track report
The Electronic Records Policy Working Group's recent report is muddled and flawed, columnist Timothy Sprehe says.
People
Sprehe: Pop-up policies
Columnist Tim Sprehe says e-records management should minimize end-user involvement.
Digital Government
Sprehe: The e-GPO
It is an interesting concept -- a printing agency where documents are never printed.
Digital Government
Storing e-stuff
We all have an important stake in the Electronic Records Archive program.
Digital Government
Homeless e-records
If federal records are born electronic, where do they grow up and live? Hopefully not in an orphanage.
People
Comment: Practice makes perfect
NARA has virtually no practical knowledge of handing e-records, writes an FCW columnist
Digital Government