E-records Management Initiative

Overview
The E-records Management Initiative (ERM) provides policy guidance to help agencies better manage their electronic records. The purpose of ERM guidance is to allow records information to be effectively used to support timely and effective decision making, enhance service delivery, and ensure accountability.

Since 2005, the development and clearance of guidance and policies related to electronic records management has been coordinated by the managing partner with the Federal Records Council (per U.S. Federal Interagency Committee on Government Information recommendation). In collaboration with OMB and Federal records officers, NARA developed new guidance for important electronic records management issues, such as cloud computing and records created in collaborative, web 2.0 environments. Federal agencies also completed self-assessments of their records management programs and continued to identify, schedule, and transfer to the National Archives electronic records of permanent value.

Source

 * Executive Office of the President, "Report to Congress on the Benefits of the President's E-government Initiatives fiscal Year 2013," at 35 (May 2013) (full-text).