Records Management: National Archives and Records Administration's Acquisition of Major System Faces Risks

摘要

Increasingly, government records involve documents that are electronically created and stored. In support of its mission to manage and archive these records and ensure access to the 'essential evidence' that they contain, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is acquiring an advanced Electronic Records Archives (ERA). GAO was asked to determine, among other things, how the ERA program's system acquisition policies, plans, and practices conform to industry standards and how well NARA is meeting the ERA program's cost and schedule.