{"id":3994,"date":"2013-08-29T07:00:45","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T15:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=3994"},"modified":"2013-08-29T07:00:45","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T15:00:45","slug":"records-managements-slowly-federal-agencies-are-achieving-improved-records-handling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/records-managements-slowly-federal-agencies-are-achieving-improved-records-handling\/","title":{"rendered":"Records Managements: Slowly, Federal Agencies are Achieving Improved Records Handling"},"content":{"rendered":"

NARA<\/a>, the National Archives for managing federal records,\u00a0now maintains<\/a> more than 12 billion pages of physical records, 42 million photographs, and 500 terabytes of electronic records.<\/p>\n

The 40 main federal government agencies will be expected to manage 20.4 billion records by 2015 based on a survey by Meritalk <\/a>conducted in late 2012. \u00a0That report found that individually each federal agency spends about $34.4 million annually and currently manages an average of about 209 million records.<\/div>\n
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Sue Trombley<\/a>, managing director of consulting for Iron Mountain, said that<\/a> “Federal record volumes will only continue to grow, driving up budgets and making it harder for agencies to manage information on their own. \u00a0This growth and the added pressure from the Presidential Directive are combining to make records management very complicated and unsustainable. Most agencies know they need outside help and are looking for alternatives that include the development of a strategic plan, agency-wide collaboration and training, implementing technology solutions, and policy guidance and enforcement all aimed at regaining control for today and the future.”<\/div>\n
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Federal agencies are also up against a\u00a0mandate <\/a>that requires them to transition from the management of physical to electronic records. \u00a0By 2016, email records must be fully managed, and by 2019 electronic systems need to be fully managing permanent records.<\/div>\n
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A recent internal report<\/a> graded agencies in their attempts to move to electronic records. \u00a0The report found that:<\/div>\n
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