1. Howard P. Lowell Deputy Assistant Archivist for Records Services, Washington DC August 31, 2004 NARA Updates – RACO 2004

2. Slide 2 “The National Archives …. is a public trust on which our democracy depends. It enables people to inspect for themselves the record of what government has done. It enables officials and agencies to review their actions and helps citizens hold them accountable. It ensures continuing access to essential evidence that documents: the rights of American citizens the actions of Federal officials the national experience” The National Archives and Records Administration Mission

3. NARA Updates – RACO 2004 Slide 3 NARA Strategic Goals Goal One: Essential Evidence Goal Two: Electronic Records Goal Three: Ready Access Goal Four: Space and Preservation Goal Five: Infrastructure

4. NARA Updates – RACO 2004 Slide 4 Overview Electronic Records Archives Electronic Records Policy Working Group Records Center Program Records Management Initiatives

5. NARA Updates – RACO 2004 Slide 5 ERA’s Vision Statement "ERA will authentically preserve and provide access to any kind of electronic record, free from dependency on any specific hardware or software, enabling NARA to carry out its mission into the future." John W. Carlin, Archivist of the United States Electronic Records Archives

6. NARA Updates – RACO 2004 Slide 6 Electronic Records Archives ?Questions 301-837-0740 ERA.Program@nara.gov ? Acquisition questions ERA.Acquisition@nara.gov ? Website www.archives.gov/electronic_records_archives

7. NARA Updates – RACO 2004 Slide 7 ERM/eGov/ERPWG ?Questions Mark Giguere 301-837-1744 mark.giguere@nara.gov Nancy Allard 301-837-1477 nancy.allard@nara.gov ? Website www.archives.gov/records_management_initiatives/erm_overview.htm www.cio.gov/documents/ICGI.html

8. NARA Updates – RACO 2004 Slide 8 Records Center Program (RCP) ?Questions David Weinberg 301-837-3115 david.weinberg@nara.gov ? Website www.archives.gov/records_center_programs/index.html

9. NARA Updates – RACO 2004 Slide 9 Records Management Initiatives Where We Started SRA International report (December 2001) RSA projects (December 2000 – March 2002) Proposal for a Redesign of Federal Records Management (July 2002) NARA’s Strategic Directions for Federal Records Management (July 2003)

10. NARA Updates – RACO 2004 Slide 10 RMI Goals In partnership with our stakeholders, to ensure that: Federal agencies can economically and effectively create and manage records necessary to meet business needs, records are kept long enough to protect rights and assure accountability, and records of archival value are preserved and made available for future generations.

11. NARA Updates – RACO 2004 Slide 11 Nine Strategies 1.Mutually supporting relationships with agencies that advance agency missions and effective records management. 2.Demonstrate that effective records management adds value to business processes. 3.There is no one level to which records must be managed. 4.Agencies may choose a variety of means to manage their records.

12. NARA Updates – RACO 2004 Slide 12 Nine Strategies 5.NARA will focus on trustworthy records and concepts in ISO 15489 (Records Management): Authenticity Reliability Integrity Usability 6.NARA will focus on accountability, protection of rights, and documentation of national experience.

13. NARA Updates – RACO 2004 Slide 13 Nine Strategies 7.NARA will prioritize based on rights and accountability; archival value; and risk to records. 8.NARA will partner with other agencies to develop, adapt, or adopt products and practices that support good records management. 9.NARA will provide leadership, in partnership with other key stakeholders, to focus agency attention on electronic records needs.

14. NARA Updates – RACO 2004 Slide 14 25 Tactics to Carry Out Strategies and Achieve Records Management Goals Communications Guidance and Training Assistance to Agencies Oversight Business Process Reengineering Planning and Evaluation Records Management Tools Scheduling and Appraisal Records Center and Archival Activities

15. NARA Updates – RACO 2004 Slide 15 Integrating NARA Records Management NWM leads joint NR/NW team effort Formally established in October 2003 FY 2005 goals and expectations defined in June 2004 links to NARA Strategic Goals 1 and 2 links to Strategic Directions goals, strategies, and tactics FY 2005 priorities in four areas: training and outreach activities establishing capability to assist agencies with business process analysis and future e-systems development records scheduling and appraisal, emphasizing e-records staff training and development

16. NARA Updates – RACO 2004 Slide 16 Summary Major progress has been made in each of the 9 strategies Many of the 25 tactics are in the implementation stage The NR and NW Integrated Records Management efforts will further our partnerships with stakeholders, especially Federal agencies We are firmly on a path to success

17. NARA Updates – RACO 2004 Slide 17 Records Management Initiatives ?Questions Susan Cummings 301-837-1636 Paul Wester 301-837-3120 RM.Communications@nara.gov ?Website www.archives.gov/records_management/initiatives

18. NARA Updates – RACO 2004 Slide 18 Questions?