For Immediate Release October 25, 2007

Contact <mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > Shawn
Karrick

NASCIO Releases Part III in a Series on Records Management and Digital
Preservation

(LEXINGTON, KY) - The National Association of State Chief Information
Officers (NASCIO) is pleased to announce the release of Part III in the
series on electronic records management and digital preservation:
protecting the knowledge assets of the state government enterprise. A
product of NASCIO's Enterprise Architecture Committee, this research
brief was completed to focus on strategies and technological solutions
for managing the proliferation of electronic records. Part III in the
series is now available at: <http://www.nascio.org/publications/
<http://www.nascio.org/publications/> >

http://www.nascio.org/publications/
<http://www.nascio.org/publications/> .

Management Leads - And Technology Follows - but Collaboration is King!

This report clearly emphasizes the need for collaboration that involves
the state CIO, enterprise architecture and the allied disciplines of
archives, electronic records management and state librarian. Electronic
records management and digital preservation are necessary disciplines
for managing the knowledge assets of the enterprise. Attention to these
disciplines must be part of every IT investment decision. The lifecycle
of "born digital" is presented with emphasis on the decision making
process at each major phase.

Part III in this series presents the CIO's Top Ten List, Technology
Issues, The Promise of XML, The Necessary Link to Enterprise
Architecture, and Managing Digital Assets. This report was developed in
close partnership and collaboration with some of the experts across the
nation. We are very grateful to our expert contributors.

"We have seen greater attention to the entire area of electronic records
management especially with more and more activity around eDiscovery. We
are promoting electronic records management as the management of
knowledge assets. This essential resource must receive the proper level
of attention in investment and project management decisions. Without
proper planning and the necessary partnering with experts from legal,
records management, archiving, and enterprise architecture, this asset
can expose the enterprise to undue risk - not only in potential
litigation risk, but also the risk of losing valuable enterprise
knowledge," Dr. Jim Bryant, CIO, state of South Carolina.

"The series we've done on electronic records management was published
with the intention of building more awareness among our state CIOs and
their staffs regarding the importance and growing impact of this area of
knowledge management. Electronic records and archives are a critical
resource within state government. Like any other enterprise asset they
require appropriate management and investment. Collaboration is indeed
"King" and we are promoting closer collaboration with our partners in
records management, archives and the state librarian. The CIO will rely
more and more on the expertise within these functions to help formulate
and implement solid knowledge management strategies," Steve Fletcher,
CIO, state of Utah.

NASCIO is the premier network and resource for state CIOs and an
effective advocate of technology policy at all levels of government.
NASCIO represents the state chief information officers from the 50
states, five U.S.

territories and the District of Columbia. Members include cabinet and
senior level state officials responsible for information resource
management. Other IT officials participate as associate members and
private sector representatives may become corporate members. 

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For more information from NASCIO, please contact NASCIO Membership &
Communications Coordinator, Shawn Karrick, at (859) 514-9156 or
[log in to unmask] or Eric Sweden, NASCIO Enterprise Architect, at (859)

514-9189 or [log in to unmask]

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J. Thomas Wellman
Records Analyst
Library of Virginia
(804) 692-3609
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