FBI Director Robert S.
Mueller, III, today announced that William L. Hooton
was appointed as Assistant Director, Records Management
Division and as the FBI's Records Officer. The Records
Management Division was created to "focus much needed
attention on the need to ensure that the physical and
electronic actions and authorizations are identified,
recorded and maintained within the FBI's records systems,"
Mueller said.
Mr. Hooton, born and raised
in Austin, Texas, received a degree in Business Administration
from the University of Texas in 1975. While still in
school he joined the IRS and designed one of the very
first practical systems utilizing digital images and
optical disks in a system that processed 85,000 tax
returns a day. In 1983, he moved to the National Archives
where he directed a program that tested the feasibility
of substituting digital images for physical records
and microform. In 1990, he left federal service and
worked in the commercial sector in a number of senior
executive assignments including President and CEO of
Tower Software, a records management software company
and Corporate Vice President of Science Applications
International Corporation.
Sound records management
and document accountability are at the heart of the
FBI's ability to support investigations and prosecutions
with information integrity. As Assistant Director of
the Records Management Division, Mr. Hooton will be
charged with modernizing the records system and developing
comprehensive, enforceable policies and procedures to
ensure records integrity. He will also be responsible
for putting in place those quality control mechanisms
that will detect anomalies and problems early on.
As Records Officer, Mr.
Hooton will also be charged with establishing and maintaining
an active, continuing program for the economical and
efficient management of the records of the agency. This
means establishing continuous and systematic control
over the creation, maintenance and use, and disposition
of the FBI's records in accordance with statutory and
regulatory requirements.
