I have said it before in a number of venues and I will say it again here, records management is the backbone of Open Government. Without effective records management by all Federal agencies, the long-term success of the Open Government Initiative, not to mention the preservation and access of the permanently valuable records of the … Continue reading The Importance of Being Earnest (About Records Management)
Have you heard the news? This week, the Library of Congress announced that they are acquiring the digital archive of public tweets. On April 14, @librarycongress tweeted, "Library to acquire ENTIRE Twitter archives -- All public tweets, ever, since March 2006!" Congratulations, Library of Congress. In the world of electronic records, this is a historic … Continue reading Tweets: What We Might Learn From Mundane Details.
The Pew Research Center recently published a report, “The Impact of the Internet on Institutions in the Future,” in which it found that 72 percent of experts agreed with the statement: By 2020, innovative forms of online cooperation will result in significantly more efficient and responsive governments, business, non-profits, and other mainstream institutions. That optimism … Continue reading No Small Change
