Dwight,

Great point.  As records managers we need to somehow get ourselves a
set on the table or at least ensure we are looked at as an important
stakeholder, preferably sooner than later.
If my memory serves me correctly I believe NARA was working with the
Federal CIO's to include Records Management as part of the system
development life-cycle (SDLC) for federal IT projects.  The idea was
to get records managers involved in the develop of these systems.  I
did a cursory review of NARA's website but couldn't find any reference
to the initiative.

As you point out almost every system these days creates and/or
maintains records in some form or fashion.  One way to get in the
process is by reaching out to your IT department and/or Project
Management Office (PMO) if your organization has one.  You might find
some resistance initially - point out some of the horror stories that
have been posted on the listserve.

Bruce White, CRM, PMP
Virginia Beach, VA
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On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Dwight WALLIS
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> In these kinds of environments, I honestly believe that records management
> has a unique perspective - a long range view. If the records generated by a
> given system pass the stability "life-cycle" test (and almost all of these
> systems have a records keeping component), that may reflect well on the
> sustainability of the system itself in a given organization, particularly
> in a climate of  continual "creative destruction".

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