Hi Brian, (Peter?)
Link doesn't seem to be working - and I'd have to see the change in context
to know how to approach this matter.
Willing to review/comment, need the link,
Jesse Wilkins
CDIA+, LIT, EDP, ICP
IMERGE Consulting
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>From: "Starck, Brian" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Records Management Program <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Help, need amunition to defeat the worst possible
>public records legislation EVER proposed!
>Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 09:59:18 -0700
>
>Good morning all!! I'm usually a lurker but I'm posting this from the CRM
>listserv to the records management listserv for Janie Wait with her
>permission. I've read the changes in the policy below and while they seem
>well intentioned I don't think the legslators have thought through this
>one. In another post to the CRM Listserv Janie said that "State Archives
>was NOT consulted about or informed of this legislation being proposed",
>but they are now in the process of reviewing it and "are involved in trying
>to rewrite the bill to something that integrates reasonable records
>management practices at the very least." I think the intent of the
>proposed changes are good but the wording and ramifications of these
>changes were not completely thought through.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Janie Wait [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wed 1/26/2005 9:30 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Cc:
> Subject: [ICRM-L] Help, need amunition to defeat the worst
>possible public records legislation EVER proposed!
>
>
>
> Dear Fellow CRM's,
>
> I need your help. A totally uninformed rookie legislator has
>proposed
> changing the current public records policy for the State of
>Wyoming by
> deleting the word "microfilm" and replacing it with "current state
>of the
> art technology" with NO other changes!!!!
>
> http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2005/introduced/hb270.pdf
>
>
>
> Some of my comments to the elected officials.
>
> I just received a copy of House Bill No. HB0270 and it chills my
> professional bones. I cannot even conceive of letting this bill
>go through
> as written.
>
> The fact is this bill gives statutory right of individual elected
>officials
> the make decisions that could compromise Wyoming's current and
>future
> recorded history. Why would anyone sponsor such a bill without
>getting a
> basic records management background or consulting with State of
>Wyoming
> Archives to find out WHY the current statutes are written as they
>are.
>
> If we are going to to allow the "latest state of the art
>technology" to be
> implemented then there had better be procedures attached to insure
>it's
> success.
>
> The primary goal of media conversion is to preserve a body of
>information
> generated or collected by different entities such as yourselves.
>If you
> lose track of information anywhere along the life cycle, you
>expose yourself
> and your business or agency to unimaginable trauma and risk.
>Granted it is
> important that you control the growth of records in order to
>reduce
> operating costs and improve efficiency and productivity for the
>end users
> but not at the risk of losing the information. We have to
>remember that
> when we introduce new technologies that we assure compliance with
>laws and
> regulations as well as safeguard vital information. Our intention
>is to
> support better management decision-making with all relevant
>information and
> preserve documents for business and research purposes.
>
> That being said, I intend to get some of the the information
>needed to make
> this bill work to each of you so you can rewrite it or kill it
>until you can
> get some relevant education about the industry and the
>unimaginable risk you
> are taking with this bill! To that end I intend to email you every
>day until
> you have time to respond to my concerns!
>
> To which I got back the following:
>
> I support this bill. I think it is a good bill and I disagree with
>your
> statements. I am, however, not closed to hearing your information
>on the
> bill. Forward me what you have and I will read it.
> Thank you,
> Representative Bryan Pedersen
>
>
> I thought to start with these two articles from
>nwww.edocmagazine.com
> oMedia considerations for Record Retention and Archiving
> nJack Scott, September/October 2002
> o
> The Danger of Digital
> nAndy Lawrence November/December 2001
> PLEASE LET ME KNOW OF ANY ARTICLES, RESEARCH, OR OTHER SOURCES OF
>UNBIASED
> INFORMATION THAT I CAN FORWARD TO THIS GENTLEMEN TO MAKE HIM
>REALIZE THAT
> RECORDS MANAGEMENT IS NOT A THROW AWAY CONCEPT AND BAD MANAGEMENT
>CAN HAVE
> HUGE CONSEQUENCES.
>
> Janie Wait
>
>
> Janie Wait, CRM, MBA
> President
> Director of Marketing
> Intermountain Record Center, Inc
> 3765 Airport Parkway, Casper, WY 82604
> PO Box 2770, Mills, WY 82644
> 307-265-9553
> 307-237-8225
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