Records Managers


RACO West 2006 - Partnerships and Practices in Electronic Records

April 18, 2006




PDF version of the RACO West Flyer

RACO West 2006, sponsored by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), provided a professional development opportunity for Federal records officers, records management professionals, information managers, and information technology professionals. Expert speakers presented the latest updates in the records management field.


RACO West 2006
Speaker's Powerpoint Presentations

(Please note that all presentations are in PDF format)

Managing Records in Today's Business Environment - Laurence Brewer, Director, Life Cycle Management Division, NARA

The Electronic Records Archives (ERA), ERA Update - Fynnette Eaton, Change Management Officer, Electronic Records Archives, NARA

Records Management: An USGS Perspective - John Faundeen, Archivist, Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS), U.S. Geological Survey

ERM Updates - Mark Giguere, Lead IT (Policy and Planning) Co-Program Manager, ERM Initiative, NARA

Observations on the Impact of Hurricane Katrina and NARA's Role in Recovery - Preston Huff, Assistant Regional Administrator, NARA, Southwest Region, NARA

Defense Visual Information Center Information Center - Lono Kollars, Multimedia Services, Defense Visual Information Center, Department of Defense

GIS Data Administration at USFWS Carlsbad Field Perspective - Tony McKinney, GIS Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

What's New at NARA - Tom Mills, Assistant Archivist for Regional Records Services, NARA

Just In Time: Managing Missing Persons Data During Hurricane Katrina - John Radke, Professor of Environmental Planning and Geographic Information Science, College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley

Records Management Innovation at NASA - Patti Stockman, Records Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Notarial Archives New Orleans, Louisiana - Ann Wakefield, Archivist, Notarial Archives, New Orleans, LA

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RACO West 2006 Program Topics

Join your colleagues and NARA staff for an informative day focusing on records and information management issues:

PDF version of the RACO West Program

7:00-8:00 a.m.      Continental Breakfast and Registration

8:00-8:20 a.m.      Welcome

Richard Boyden, Director, Records Management Program, NARA, Pacific Region, San Bruno, CA

Shirley J. Burton, Regional Administrator, NARA, Pacific Region, San Bruno, CA

Lewis J. Bellardo, Deputy Archivist of the United States, College Park, MD

8:20-8:45 a.m. What's New at NARA

Tom Mills, Assistant Archivist for Regional Records Services, NARA, College Park, MD

8:45-10:15 a.m. Panel: Electronic Records in Action
Meeting electronic records challenges of metadata, multi formats, and long term preservation

Moderator - Arian Ravanbakhsh, Information Technology Specialist, Modern Records Program, ERM/E-Gov Team, NARA, College Park, MD

John Faundeen, Archivist, Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS), U.S. Geological Survey, Sioux Falls, SD

Tony McKinney, GIS Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Carlsbad, CA

Lono Kollars, Multimedia Services, Defense Visual Information Center, Department of Defense, Moreno Valley, CA

10:15 - 10:45 a.m. Break

10:45-12:00 noon Panel: Electronic Government, Electronic Archives
The latest NARA updates and initiatives, including the role of records management in the Federal Enterprise Architecture, and building the Electronic Records Archives

Moderator - Nancy Allard, Senior Policy Specialist, Co-Program Manager, ERM Initiative, NARA, College Park, MD

Mark Giguere, Lead IT (Policy and Planning), Co-Program Manager, ERM Initiative, NARA, College Park, MD

Laurence Brewer, Director, Life Cycle Management Division, NARA, College Park, MD

Fynnette Eaton, Change Management Officer, Electronic Records Archives, NARA, College Park, MD

12:00-1:15 p.m. Luncheon (outside, weather permitting)

Presentation: Understanding Franciscan Bias in California's Mission History

James A. Sandos, Ph.D., Professor of History and Farquhar Professor of the Southwest, University of Redlands, CA

1:15-2:00 p.m. Breaking New Ground at NASA
An overview of NASA's records and information management initiatives and activities to meet the challenge of managing electronic records

Patti Stockman, Records Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC

2:00-2:15 p.m. Break

2:15-4:15 p.m. Panel: Lessons of Hurricane Katrina
Lessons learned after the hurricane, response and salvage activities, and how an electronic GIS-enabled system was used to help save lives

Moderator - Howard P. Lowell, Deputy Assistant Archivist for Records Services, NARA, College Park, MD

Preston Huff, Assistant Regional Administrator, NARA, Southwest Region, NARA, Ft. Worth, TX

John Radke, Professor of Environmental Planning and Geographic Information Science, College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley

Ann Wakefield, Archivist, Notarial Archives, New Orleans, LA

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