by Erica Rice Tune in monthly for a curated collection of articles we found interesting on a broad range of topics; some which are directly related to records management and others which might share common themes. No, we didn’t write these articles —hence the name of this series, “Off the Record”— but fortunately, we didn’t…
Tune in monthly for a curated collection of articles we found interesting on a broad range of topics; some which are directly related to records management and others which might share common themes. No, we didn’t write these articles —hence the name of this series, “Off the Record”— ,…
We’ve all recently read about several government officials using personal email accounts or email servers to conduct government business. But they are not alone by any means – a recent survey of 412 high-level government employees conducted by Atlantic Media’s Government Executive Meeting Group revealed that approximately one-third of the employees surveyed said they sometimes…
By Angela Ossar, Government Information Analyst Last week, several of us at TSLAC attended the annual Open Government Conference hosted by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG). As usual, the OAG really packed a room — around 800 registrants convened in Austin, Texas, to learn more about the Texas Open Meetings Act (OMA) and…
This is the third post of a multi-part recap of the 2013 e-Records Conference. Some presentation materials from the e-Records Conference are available on the e-Records 2013 website. By Angela Ossar, Government Information Analyst Jannette Goodall and Bob Guz’s presentation underscored one of the major takeaways of the keynote speech: when you’re successful, don’t keep…
This is the seventh and final post of a multi-part recap of the 2013 NAGARA E-Records Forum. Presentations from the E-Records Forum are available on the NAGARA website. As a government employee, I am familiar with the Texas Open Meetings Act (TOMA). However my job responsibilities do not require me to be directly involved with…
This article is the third in a series of recaps of the 2012 e-Records Conference, a conference dedicated to electronic records management that has been co-sponsored by TSLAC and the Department of Information Resources since 2000. Presentations from the e-Records Conference are available on the e-Records 2012 website. By Angela Ossar, Government Information Analyst In…
Originally posted on September 18 on TSLAC’s Library Developments blog by Christina Manz. As the American Archives Month of October draws near, the state archives of one of our country’s original colonies is making news. Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp issued a somber press release last Thursday regarding the reduction of public access, and archives staff, due to budget cuts.…