RACO West 2007
RM and IT: Building the Digital Future

NARA's Annual Regional Records Administration Conference (RACO West 2007)

Tuesday, September 18, 2007
National World War I Museum at the Liberty Memorial
100 W. 26th Street, Kansas City, MO 64108-4616

RACO West 2007 Schedule

RACO 2007 PRESENTATIONS

RACO 2007 Program

Conference Sessions

7:30 - 8:30

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 8:45

Welcome

8:45 - 9:45

Building the Future at NARA
This brief session featured highlights and updates from National Archives programs in Kansas City and around the nation. See what's new at NARA!

NARA Updates: NARA Records Management, Paul Wester, NARA, Director, Modern Records Programs
Federal Records Centers Update, David Weinberg, NARA, Director, Federal Records Centers
Electronic Records Archives (ERA) Program Update, Meg Phillips, NARA, ERA Coordinator for Regional Records Services
NARA Central Plains Region Updates, Mark Corriston, NARA, Director, Records Management Operations Central Plains Region

9:45 - 10:15

Break

10:15 - 11:45

Building Our Digital Future: What's in it for Me?
Federal agency customers and NARA staff discussed how the implementation and use of two new electronic systems, the Electronic Records Archives (ERA) and the Archives & Records Centers Information System (ARCIS) will benefit the way we all receive, provide access to, and manage electronic and paper records.

Building Our Digital Future: What We Want, John Zimmerman, DOE, Chief Engineer, National Nuclear Security Agency
Archives and Records Centers Information System (ARCIS), David Weinberg, NARA, Director, Federal Records Centers
Customer Perspectives on ARCIS: IRS Records and Information Management (RIM) Program, Dan Bennett, IRS, Records Officer

1:00 - 2:15

Building Digital Processes
Panelists from two Federal agencies discussed the record keeping impacts and considerations of converting their paper records to digital images and their paper-based processes to digital business processes.

DHS/USCIS Approach to Records Digitization, Dominick Gentile, USCIS, Chief, Records Division
New FRC Digital Service Offerings, Richard Morgan, NARA, National Digital Imaging Specialist, National Personnel Records Center

2:15 - 2:45

Break

2:45 - 4:00

Building the Digital Repository
Federal agency staff discussed their experiences, lessons learned, benefits, and business reasons for implementing electronic records repositories and electronic recordkeeping. Attendees also heard preliminary findings from NARA's case study on records management applications.

Results from NARA Study of RMA Implementations, Mark Ferguson, NARA, Director, Records Management Division, Rocky Mountain Region
Building the Digital Repository - Bonneville Power Administration, Mary Rose Kerg, BPA, Records Officer
Building the Digital Repository with the Electronic Records Management System (ERMS), Carol Brock, GAO, Records Officer

4:00 - 4:15

Wrap-up

4:15 - 5:00

Optional tour of the World War I Museum at the Liberty Memorial

RACO West 2007 RM and IT: Building the Digital Future

NARA's Annual Regional Records Administration Conference (RACO West 2007)

RACO 2007 PRESENTATIONS

Conference Sessions

RACO West 2007
RM and IT: Building the Digital Future