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FIRM’s Objectives:

Work Groups focus on issues the Council agrees to address each year. Work Group Leaders call meetings and bring recommendations to the Board and to the Council for discussion and votes.

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FIRM’s Objectives:

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  1. Work Groups focus on issues the Council agrees to address each year. Work Group Leaders call meetings and bring recommendations to the Board and to the Council for discussion and votes. FIRM Work Group members are information professionals willing to participate in activities that are important to the community. All Council members are welcome to volunteer. FIRM is currently seeking individuals to form and participate in work groups. All federal employees are eligible to serve in this capacity. Please contact a member of the board if you are interested in performing a vital function for the Federal records community. Provide Leadership Provide Assistance to Oversight Agencies Facilitate Work Groups to Address Issues Provide a Forum to Advance Professional Knowledge and Techniques FIRM Workgroups FIRM Membership Federal Information & Records Managers’ FIRM’s Objectives: All Federal employees from the Records Management, Information Technology, and Chief Information Officer’s staffs are eligible to be members of the FIRM. Each member shares the responsibility for an effective FIRM Council by initiating and participating in activities to further FIRM’s objectives. The sustaining members of the FIRM Council are interested information management professionals involved with the management of Federal data, documents, or systems. There is no charge for membership. (FIRM) Council FIRM’s purpose is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Federal information and records management functions in all agencies, by providing a forum for sharing knowledge, resources, and methodologies for the implementation and evaluation of systems and practices. For information on the FIRM, contact: John Vasko at 703/314-7253 Or johnjv0@juno.com Or visit our website http://firmcouncil.powweb.com/index.html

  2. FIRM Council March 2007- March 2008 Board Members Chair: Daniel Bennett, IRS Records Officer 202-283-9359; daniel.w.bennett@irs.gov Vice Chair: Bonnie Curtin, FTC Records Manager 202-326-2507; bcurtin@ftc.gov Secretary: Kathy Calvo, EPA Records Management 202-564-8089; Calvo.kathy@epa.gov Communications: Anne Baker, NOAA RM Officer 202-482-5958; anne.j.baker@noaa.gov Electronic Records Paper Less Paper Owen Ambur, Emeritus Owen.Ambur@verizon.net Laura Bell, DOT Records Management 202-366-9761; laura.bell@ost.dot.gov Carol Brock, CRM, GAO Records Officer 202-512-3435; brockc@gao.gov Essie Bryant, OPIC Records Manager 202-336- 8563; ebrya@opic.gov Bruce Campbell, Records Officer 202/521-4093; campbellbi@mcc.gov John Paul Deley, EIA Records Officer 202-586-6257; johnpaul.deley@eia.doe.gov Linda Edmunds, FBI Records Analyst 540-868-4579; Linda.Edmunds@ic.fbi.gov Omar Herran, BOP Information Management Officer 202-514-2254, ext. 4; Oherran@bop.gov Emma Hochgesang-Noffsinger, USAF Records Officer 703-588-6147; Emma.Hochgesang@pentagon.af.mil Stephen Levenson, Office of the Chief Technology Officer 202-502-2625; stephen_levenson@ao.uscourts.gov Stephen Pollard, USDA ARS Records Officer 202-720-3359; steve.pollard@ars.usda.gov Matthew Staden, Navy Records Officer 202-433-4217; matt.staden@navy.mil John Vasko, RM Emeritus 703-314-7253; johnjv0@juno.com FIRM Challenges * Life Cycle Management: Creation, Access, Use, Control, Maintenance, Retrieval, Disposition, Schedules, Storage, & Protection * “Record” Copy Capture * Media Migration and Documentation * Vital records and Disaster Recovery/Contingency Planning * Logical definition of a record that makes sense to all users * E-System Requirements, Standards, & Audits, E-FOIA * E-Commerce, E-Filing, E-Signatures, E-Discovery and E-Preservation * Program evaluations, audits, compliance monitoring, training; Performance metrics * Partnerships, Communications, and Advocacy among Records Management, and Information Technology communities * Consistent Position Descriptions, Grade Levels, and Compensation * Litigation concerns and Program viability * Fee-for-Service Records Storage * File Plans, Indices, Taxonomies, and Metadata * Public Access, Control, and Classification Revised March 8, 2007

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