Records management is back in the spotlight as the Obama administration begins transferring 12 terabytes of data to the National Archives and Records Administration. It’s rarely been a high priority for most agencies, and their practices have had difficulty keeping up with federal requirements. “I think it’s always been a function that’s really been overlooked,” Jim Williams, former federal IT and acquisition executive and current consultant with Shambach and Williams, said on *Information Management Month.* “Records management is very important. And it becomes more important as OMB has put out memos to first freeze the federal footprint and then reduce the federal footprint.” http://bit.ly/2gzgugi http://bit.ly/2gzgugi+ -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org “If only there were a massive entity that I were forced to fund to tell me how I should live my life, since I’m so obviously incapable of deciding for myself.” M. Hashimoto List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]