In November 2011, President Barack Obama instructed by Presidential Memorandum to reform records management policies and practices. He instructed the agencies to “develop a 21st-century framework for managing federal records and information.”
A new report by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the US government’s recordkeeper, raises serious questions it says most agencies are still at “high” or “moderate” risk of mishandling or prematurely disposing of crucial records and information. The report reiterates main deficiencies as the lack of senior management support, inadequate resources and funding, and a broad confusion about how to implement and measure records management safeguards.
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