DoD Records

Department of Defense Records Management Task Force Semi - Annual Report
January to June 1995

The mission of the Department of Defense (DoD) Records Management Task Force (RMTF) is to develop plans and draft policy to implement six strategic improvement initiatives proposed by the DoD RM Business Process Reengineering (BPR) effort completed in July 1994 and approved by the Assistant Secretary of Defense [ASD (C3I)]. These initiatives must be implemented, with emphasis on electronic records, to reach the goal of a single Department process for managing information as records for the year 2003.

DoD Managing Information as Records: Strategic Plan - 2003
July 28,1995

The overall mission of records management is found in this document. The strategic plan is the Department's information management planning vehicle which provides a broad brush perspective on purpose, vision, goals and functions which supports this mission. Special attention is directed to opportunities technology offers.

One foresight in understanding this mission has been expressed by: "the right information will be available to decision makers in the right format at the right time." This report proffers two simplified modern precepts. The first precept is that a record consists of information, regardless of medium, detailing the transaction of business. The second precept is that all Government employees are decision makers.

DoD projects all unclassified information will be supported in a distributed electronic environment in the near future, all of which must be attended to by a standard records management process and system by the year 2003. The need for resources to be applied in areas of policy guidance, software acquisitions, and oversight of the implementation in support of the Department's records management mission is emphasized.

This report is intended for a wide audience, DoD employees, American Armed Forces Servicemen and Servicewomen, and the general public.