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> From: Neil Beagrie [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 3:34 PM
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> Subject: UK gov press release -records management
>
> dear all
> very interesting press release from Lord Chancellor's Dept today on
> records management of great relevance to digital preservation. Extracts
> below but for full details see
> http://www.nds.coi.gov.uk/
>
>
> 368/02
> 24 October 2002
>
> LORD CHANCELLOR SAYS: "WE CAN CHANGE THE WAY GOVERNMENT
> WORKS - FOR THE BETTER AND FOR THE RECORD"
>
> "Politicians often claim, of this or that, that now is a time of
> great opportunity and challenge. It happens to be true of records
> management, where we can change the way government works - for the
> better and for the record."
>
> This was the central theme of the Lord Chancellor's keynote speech to
> the 'Records Management in Government' conference in Bristol today.
>
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> extracts
>
> Records as Corporate Memory
>
> "Records are corporate information, vital for the success of any
> business - the business of government included. As we move more into
> the electronic age, creating and using electronic records in place of
> paper records, we must ensure that the information which electronic
> records contain is managed better than in the past.
>
> "As a Minister, I know personally the importance of continuity over
> changes in staffing, so that the recommendations and results of
> earlier submissions are available to those working on the issues of
> today. Every Department has to ensure that it has an effective
> collective memory and that depends on the quality and ready
> accessibility of the records it maintains, as well as the way in
> which records on the same or related subjects are marshalled."
>
> Integrated approach to electronic records
>
> The Lord Chancellor said that government departments must understand
> how they will use electronic records. They need to establish policies
> and rules to ensure that records needed in the future - for business
> or historical reasons - are properly managed from their first
> creation.
>
> "In doing so, departments will need to take into account the
> requirements of privacy and openness, and the data sharing needs of
> other parts of government. This exchange has, of course, to be
> carefully managed to prevent any possible misuse. As a multi-ethnic
> and multi-faith society, we need to be sure that the nation's memory
> reflects all sections of the community, and government's dealings
> with them."
>
> He said that the greatest challenges will be in taking forward the
> changes in working cultures and practices necessary to achieve all
> this. "Instead of being the province of a few specialist staff in a
> registry, the proper management of records will be the responsibility
> of everyone in an organisation, to the extent that they create or use
> them in their daily work."
>
>
>
>
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> Neil Beagrie JISC Digital Preservation Focus
> Programme Director Secretary, Digital Preservation Coalition
> JISC London Office, Tel/Fax/Voicemail :+44 (0)709 2048179
> King's College London email: [log in to unmask]
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