Records Management Reform In Order

October 1, 2015 / Melody Smith / Comments Off on Records Management Reform In Order

The State Department has been criticized for inefficiency in finding documents and releasing them in response to records requests. So in response, Janice Jacobs, who was assistant secretary for consular affairs, will take on the newly created position in charge of improving document preservation and records systems. This interesting bit of news came from The Weather Space in their article, “State Department taps former assistant secretary to lead records management reform.”

Jacobs will work with federal agencies and the private sector to explore best practices and new technologies for preserving records at State. Secretary of State Kerry said he also wants Jacobs to focus on improving systems that are responsible for responding to Freedom of Information Act and congressional requests and make them faster and more efficient.

As technology changes, so does information management. It is rapidly evolving and for those in the business, this can present some challenging demands.

Melody K. Smith

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Melody Smith

Melody K. Smith has provided organizational, social media and digital communication services to a large non-profit for the past twenty years. Prior to that she championed employee engagement and communications in the healthcare field. She holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing. When not wrangling and writing TaxoDiary content for your reading pleasure, Melody writes fiction, rescues dogs and throws legendary dinner parties.