Please join the Northern Virginia chapter of ARMA for our April chapter 
meeting.  Our program theme for this chapter season is “From Records 
Management to Information Governance.”  We will be exploring how we as RIM 
professionals need to expand our focus beyond records retention and 
disposition, to a full range of lifecycle management governance strategies and 
processes.  Our speaker for this meeting is Paul Wester, who will talk about 
the landmark Presidential Memo on Managing Government Records and its 
relationship to the Administration's Open Government Plans.  

Mr. Wester will outline what the National Archives and Records Administration 
(NARA) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) expect from 
agencies between now and the end of July-- when NARA and OMB, in 
consultation with the Department of Justice's Associate Attorney General, will 
release a Records Management Directive to all Federal agencies and provide 
recommendations to the President. Mr. Wester will also talk about how this 
Presidential Memorandum - the first of its kind since the Truman 
Administration - reflects the cultural and organizational transformation that is 
occurring at NARA.

About our Speaker:

Paul M. Wester, Jr. is the first Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government. 
David Ferriero, the Archivist of the United States, named Mr. Wester to this 
position effective March 13, 2011.  As the Chief Records Officer, Mr. Wester 
leads records management throughout the Federal Government, with an 
emphasis on electronic records. He is responsible for issuing Federal records 
management policy and guidance; liaising with Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB), the U.S. Congress, and other stakeholders on records 
management issues; and serving as an ombudsman between agencies and the 
Archivist to ensure that NARA and the agencies it serves meet their statutory 
mandates and records management requirements. 
 
Prior to his current appointment, Mr. Wester served as the Director of Modern 
Records Programs in the National Archives and Records Administration’s Office 
of Records Services – Washington, DC. In this position, Mr. Wester was 
responsible for the overall management and performance of NARA’s agency-
facing activities in the Washington, DC area. Mr. Wester also directed NARA’s 
National Records Management Program, coordinating the activities of 
headquarters and regional records management staff in support of NARA’s 
overall strategic plan.  Mr. Wester holds an undergraduate degree in history 
and Master of Arts and Master of Library Science degrees from the University 
of Maryland.

Logistics:

DATE:  Wednesday, April 18, 2012

TIME:
5:30 PM  Registration
6:00 PM  Dinner
7:00 PM  Program

PLACE:     	
Marco Polo Restaurant, 245 Maple Avenue, West Vienna, VA 22180 
703.281.3922 
PARKING:  Free at the restaurant
METRO:  	Vienna Metro plus a five minute cab ride
COST:  $25.00 Member, $30.00 Non-Member

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