Ready Access to Essential Evidence: The Strategic Information Resources Management Plan of the National Archives and Records Administration, September 1, 2006. Version 5.0

摘要

As our national recordkeeper, the National Archives and Records Administration is a public trust that safeguards the records on which our citizens depend for documenting their rights, ensuring the accountability and credibility of national institutions, and analyzing the national experience. Both the Government and the citizen rely on NARA to meet an almost unlimited range of information needs from records. Literally thousands of people, including genealogists, lawyers, historians, veterans, newspaper and television journalists, and government employees, do research in our facilities each year. Thousands more write or call with inquiries for records or information from our holdings, while millions of visitors access our web pages, and more than 150 million documents are retrieved from electronic editions of the Federal Register, the Code of Federal Regulations, and related NARA publications. Recognizing the citizens expectation for ever-higher levels of performance and accountability, the President has set a government-wide goal to provide high-quality service at reduced cost, make government services more accessible, and increase government transparency and accountability. NARAs Strategic Plan sets five goals for meeting citizen expectations regarding our nations records effective management, accessible e-records, easy access, exacting preservation, and expanding capabilities. NARAs Strategic Information Resources Management (IRM) Plan and Enterprise Architecture bolster the Presidents intent to meet citizen expectations, amplify NARAs strategic goals, and describe our strategic IRM Initiatives. The NARA Strategic Plan is being updated in accordance with the normal 10-year cycle and as a result of new leadership and a constantly changing environment. Working groups have been meeting over the past 18 months to develop the substance of the new Strategic Plan. This version of the Strategic IRM Plan is being incrementally updated to continue to bridge the gap in advance of the revised NARA Strategic Plan. Key elements being added to this update include Security, e-Government Initiatives, and Records Management.