The International Records Management Trust has recently prepared a set of 
training and good practice guidance material on the management of records 
created in the electronic environment.  You will find copies of the material on 
our website at: 

http://www.irmt.org/researchReports.html 

You are welcome to distribute this link freely to any institution that might find 
it helpful.  There is no charge for downloading the material.

The IRMT prepared this material in response to a situation that we have 
observed in many parts of the world.  It is widely recognised that the move 
toward e-government brings new possibilities for strengthening governance 
and for economic and social development.  However, the discipline required to 
manage records held in digital media is not generally recognised, and there 
tends to be inadequate attention to the quality of documentary evidence; 
records management tends not to be incorporated in e-government 
programmes. We hope that the material will be a step toward addressing this 
situation and introducing records management as a critical component of 
electronic government.

The preparation of the material was funded by the UK Department for 
International Development (DFID) through a project on ‘Fostering Trust and 
Transparency in Governance:  Investigating and Addressing the Requirements 
for Building Integrity in Public Sector Information Systems in the ICT 
Environment’. The project involved conducting seven case studies and 
carrying out consultations with stakeholders in the fields of public 
administration and records and information management, primarily representing 
the eastern and southern African region.  Drawing on these findings, the 
project developed five training modules on electronic records management and 
related resource materials, a set of good practice indicators and three route 
maps for moving from a paper-based to an electronic information environment 
in a safe and secure manner.   Hard copy and soft copy sets of the material 
have been distributed to national archives and training institutions in Africa, 
Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific with the generous support of DFID and the 
ARMA International Education Foundation.

Anne Thurston, International Director
IRMT
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