Records in the Cloud

Here's ARMA's article entitled "E-Discovery in the Cloud = Fog?"
http://www.arma.org/news/enewsletters/index.cfm?ID=3698 

 

Under regulations issued by NARA, U.S. federal agencies are supposed to
address record-keeping requirements before acquiring any new IT system or
enhancing any existing system, and although they routinely fail to do so
with impunity, that does not make such behavior acceptable.  36 CFR
1234.10(d) http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/get-cfr.cgi?TITLE=36
<http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/get-cfr.cgi?TITLE=36&PART=1234&SECT
ION=10&YEAR=1999&TYPE=TEXT> &PART=1234&SECTION=10&YEAR=1999&TYPE=TEXT 

 

As Brand suggested, it would be good if the eGov IG could help .gov agencies
understand how to manage and maintain records created in the cloud.  Failing
to do so will inevitably lead to waste, fraud, and abuse as well as
excessive costs for discovery in litigation.

 

Owen Ambur

Co-Chair Emeritus, xmlCoP <http://xml.gov/index.asp>   

Co-Chair, AIIM StratML <http://xml.gov/stratml/index.htm>  Committee

Member, AIIM iECM Committee
<http://www.aiim.org/Standards/article.aspx?ID=29284>  

Invited Expert, W3C eGov <http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/>  IG

Communications/Membership Director, FIRM Board
<http://firmcouncil.org/id5.html>   

Former Project Manager, ET.gov <http://et.gov/>  

Brief Bio <http://ambur.net/bio.htm>