[Federal Register: December 20, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 245)]
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
Report on Current Recordkeeping Practices in the Federal
Government; Request for Comment
AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of report; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: NARA is seeking public comment on the Report on Current
Recordkeeping Practices within the Federal Government. The report is an
analysis of two significant data collections that were conducted by
NARA and SRA International, Inc. (SRA) to assess the state of
recordkeeping and records use in the Federal Government. This is an
important step in NARA's efforts to review and, if necessary, revise
records management policies and guidance to fit the changing office
environment.
The report is available electronically at http://www.nara.gov/
records/rmi.html. For a paper copy of the report, contact the person
listed in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
DATES: Comments must be received by January 31, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Please send comments to comments@nara.gov, or fax them to
301-713-7270, or mail them to NARA (NPOL), 8601 Adelphi Rd. Rm. 4100,
College Park, MD 20740-6001
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Cummings at 301-713-7360 x238.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NARA has undertaken three initiatives to
document the current recordkeeping and records use environment in
Federal agencies, to use that information to analyze NARA's records
management policies, and to redesign, if necessary, the scheduling and
appraisal process. This report is the result of the first initiative.
SRA used individual interviews, focus groups, and an Internet
survey to find out how agency officials and staff viewed records
management and what they perceived its role to be in today's modern
office. More than 40 Federal agencies participated in the interviews
and focus groups, and more than 475 individuals replied to the Internet
survey. Additionally, using a process called Records Systems Analyses,
or RSAs, NARA teams examined selected business processes in Federal
agencies to determine how records are actually being created and
managed. The report identifies patterns in records management, suggests
situational models to explain those patterns, and identifies points
where NARA could effectively intervene to improve records management.
Dated: December 14, 2001.
Nancy Allard,
Federal Register Liaison.
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