Government Management Consulting

     Government Records Management

Project Masters’ information engineers are multi-disciplined experts in federal records and information resources management.  Our information engineers are able to assess current records management practices, identify gaps with agency and Government-wide policies, develop action plans to reengineer traditional records management practices consistent with actual business practices, and align agency’s records management practices with the enterprise architecture.  In many cases these means working horizontally and diagonally across the agency to trace a record’s life-cycle, overlay the record’s life-cycle with relevant information technology systems’ life-cycles, compare the management of the record with the relevant General Records Schedule (GRS), and implement approved policy and procedural changes to assure appropriate management of the record consist with the GRS.  If the record is unique and a GRS does not apply, Project Masters’ information engineers develop the appropriate records schedules for submission and approval by National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).   Once approved, Project Masters works with agency personnel to integrate the new records management procedures within current business practices. 

Electronic records management practices include developing and applying standards for the:

• Creation and use of text documents
• Management of electronic mail records
• Judicial use of electronic records
• Security of electronic records
• Selection and maintenance of electronic records storage media
• Retention and disposition of electronic records
• Destruction of electronic records

Project Masters’ information engineers frame the work to be performed into a project plan with a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), schedule, and milestones based on 30, 60, and 90 day increments.  Our experience shows this provides agencies with the ability to monitor performance and achieve rapid improvement in records management programs through short-term incremental results.

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