FEDERAL INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM): A POLICY REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT

摘要

Since the passage of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Information Resources Management (IRM) has been the major strategy used by the Federal government to improve the effective management of information and information technology and to reduce the costs of a wide range of information services and products. This paper will briefly examine the conceptual basis of IRM, the origins and rationale of Federal commitment to IRM, and the development and implementation of Federal IRM policy. The paper will also discuss assertions that Federal IRM has not adequately increased the effectiveness of information management, that Federal IRM is poorly understood and implemented by IRM managers, and that, as an instrument for implementing Federal information policy, it has had ambiguous results at best. It is imperative that the Federal government renew its commitment to the original vision of IRM, with an emphasis on maximizing the benefits and value of Federal information for all its users.