Sound financial management demands reliable internal controls, which depend on good financial records. Audits by inspectors general succeed only when they have good records to rely on. Yet chief financial officers, IGs and chief information officers never hear from NARA that good records management is crucial to doing their jobs and improves mission performance.
No one fills the role of promoting the information management side of records management. No government entity advises agencies on best practices for integrating records information into their business processes. Nobody has developed guidance for how records information should contribute to efficiency and productivity in carrying out agency programs.
NARA argues only for the risks that occur when records are not documented and preserved. It never says that programs are more productive and efficient when a solid records management program exists.
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Friday, December 12, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Today's GAO Publications
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the following publications:
Social Security Disability: Management Controls Needed to Strengthen Demonstration Projects.
GAO-08-1053, September 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1053
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081053high.pdf
DOD Financial Management: Improvements Are Needed in Antideficiency Act Controls and Investigations.
GAO-08-1063, September 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1063
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081063high.pdf
Information Management: The National Archives and Records Administration's Fiscal Year 2008 Expenditure Plan.
GAO-08-1105, September 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1105
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081105high.pdf
Federal User Fees: Improvements Could Be Made to Performance Standards and Penalties in USCIS's Service Center Contracts.
GAO-08-1170R, September 25.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1170R
Social Security Disability: Management Controls Needed to Strengthen Demonstration Projects.
GAO-08-1053, September 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1053
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081053high.pdf
DOD Financial Management: Improvements Are Needed in Antideficiency Act Controls and Investigations.
GAO-08-1063, September 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1063
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081063high.pdf
Information Management: The National Archives and Records Administration's Fiscal Year 2008 Expenditure Plan.
GAO-08-1105, September 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1105
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d081105high.pdf
Federal User Fees: Improvements Could Be Made to Performance Standards and Penalties in USCIS's Service Center Contracts.
GAO-08-1170R, September 25.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-1170R
Friday, July 25, 2008
FederalNewsRadio - Ask the CFO - Adrienne Thomas (NARA)
National Archives and Records Administration
Adrienne Thomas - Deputy Archivist for Administration
Adrienne Thomas started working in the federal government soon after college and hasn't stopped since.
Some might call her a 'lifer'.
Thomas came to the Archives as a history major eager to live and work in Washington. Today, as Deputy Archivist for Administration, Thomas oversees the agency's finances, along with dealing with human capital and facilities maintenance issues.
In addition to this hard work, she had hands-on control over the design and construction of Archives II, the Archives expanded office, storage and research facilities just north of the University of Maryland, College Park.
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Adrienne Thomas - Deputy Archivist for Administration
Adrienne Thomas started working in the federal government soon after college and hasn't stopped since.
Some might call her a 'lifer'.
Thomas came to the Archives as a history major eager to live and work in Washington. Today, as Deputy Archivist for Administration, Thomas oversees the agency's finances, along with dealing with human capital and facilities maintenance issues.
In addition to this hard work, she had hands-on control over the design and construction of Archives II, the Archives expanded office, storage and research facilities just north of the University of Maryland, College Park.
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