NARA Bulletin 2006-03

December 23, 2005

TO: Heads of Federal agencies

SUBJECT: Availability of the Federal Enterprise Architecture Records 

Management Profile, version 1.0

EXPIRATION DATE: December 31, 2008 (per NARA Bulletin 2007-01)

1. What is the purpose of this bulletin? This bulletin announces the public 

release of the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) Records Management 

Profile, version 1.0 (RM Profile, v. 1.0). The FEA RM Profile is available on 

the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) web site at: 

http://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/policy/rm-profile.html. NARA will 

distribute electronic copies of the guidance to agency records officers and 

chief information officers.

2. What is the background for this bulletin?

1. The FEA RM Profile was developed jointly by NARA, the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), and the Architecture and Infrastructure 

Committee (AIC) of the Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council in 

connection with initiatives supporting the President's Management 

Agenda for electronic Government.

2. The FEA RM Profile provides a framework that overlays, or cross-cuts, 

the inter-related Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) reference 

models: the Business Reference Model, the Service Component 

Reference Model, the Technical Reference Model, the Data Reference 

Model, and the Performance Reference Model. The Records 

Management Profile explains how the reference models provide a 

context for embedding recordkeeping requirements and effective 

records management practices into agency business processes.

3. Agencies should use the FEA RM Profile:

 (1) To ensure that common and consistent records management 

procedures and practices are built into agency work processes, 

enterprise architectures, capital planning and investment control (CPIC) 

processes, and information systems. NARA has recently released 

guidance relating to electronic records management and E-Government 

in NARA Bulletin 2006-02, NARA Guidance for Implementing Section 

207(e) of the E-Government Act of 2002.

 (2) To develop a strategy for aligning your programs to the Electronic 

Records Management (ERM) E-Government Initiatives implementation 

plan and to facilitate fulfillment of your agency's "commitment" 

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Memorandum of Understanding with the ERM E-Government Initiative.

4. The FEA RM Profile is intended for all business owners and program 

managers who make informed decisions about business needs and 

risks and information technology services. It applies equally to agency 

records management and information technology staff and supports the 

development of integrated approaches to managing agency data, 

records, and information. 

3. When will the FEA Records Management Profile, v. 1.0, expire? The 

FEA Records Management Profile, v. 1.0, will continue to be in effect until 

superceded. NARA will announce any changes to the RM Profile in a new 

NARA Bulletin.

4. Whom do I contact for additional information?

1. NARA's Life Cycle Management Division provides assistance and 

advice to agency records officers of agencies headquartered in the 

Washington, DC, area and the Records Management staff in NARA's 

regional offices provides assistance and advice to agency records 

officers of agencies headquartered in the field. Your agency's records 

officer may contact the NARA appraiser or records analyst with whom 

your agency normally works for support in carrying out this bulletin. A list 

of the appraisal and scheduling work group and regional contacts is 

posted on the NARA web site at http://www.archives.gov/recordsmgmt/appraisal/. 

2. The Records Management staff in NARA's regional offices provides 

assistance to agency records officers across the country. A complete list 

of NARA regional facilities may be found at 

http://www.archives.gov/locations/index.html.

3. If you need more general information about the contents of this bulletin, 

please contact Laurence Brewer, Director of the Life Cycle Management 

Division at Laurence.Brewer@nara.gov or on 301-837-1539.

ALLEN WEINSTEIN

Archivist of the United States

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