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U.S. implements some Open Government Partnership commitments, ExpertNet falls by the wayside
One commitment that did not make the cut was ExpertNet, a proposed online community where volunteer experts could give consultations. A single government-wide software platform would face implementation challenges, the report said. Soliciting expert citizen opinions, outside the process of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, is also a culture-change and business process challenge, the report says.
Census looks to cut canvassing, rely more on outside records
The 2020 Census may cost billions of dollars less than anticipated if the Census Bureau can reduce its labor-intensive door-to-door canvassing and take more information from national records, a new report from the Government Accountability Office says.
SEC records management deficient, says OIG
The Securities and Exchange Commission has not fully implemented governmentwide records management policies and practices laid out in the White House's records management guidance , according to a Sept. 30 report (.pdf) from the SEC office of inspector general.
White House issues records management directive
The Obama administration issued a comprehensive records management directive Aug. 24, which sets a variety of records management goals for agencies while previewing further guidance and rules from the National Archives and Records Administration. The first deadline for agencies comes Nov. 15, according to a memorandum (.pdf) from Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget Jeffrey Zients and Archivist of the United States David Ferriero.
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...
