For example, it might not necessarily serve the public interest to prohibit stand-alone microcomputers on the grounds that records management functions can be accomplished with greater effectiveness on time sharing or other network systems. Recommendation 2 addresses problems relating to preservation of the electronic records of agencies and commissions that are established on a temporary basis. Recommendation 3 urges that NARA take a more active role in showing agencies how to harmonize records preservation objectives with agency modernization, and in exploring standards that can mitigate potential problems of incompatibility and technological obsolescence. Agencies also need guidance with respect to questions relating to admissibility of electronic records as evidence and other reliability issues. The Conference encourages the Department of Justice and the Office of Management and Budget to expedite their current efforts in this regard.
Legal issues relating to reliability include signature requirements and contract documentation.
The Conference is prepared to work with the Department of Justice and the Office of Management and Budget to provide appropriate guidance for agencies. In carrying out these recommendations, agencies are reminded to comply with the Federal Information Processing Standards. NARA should promote the development and implementation of standards for text, database, and other forms of electronic records, and should seek out opportunities for pilot and demonstration projects, covering candidates for standards for text and database information that can ensure the transferability of such information from agencies to NARA and ensure long-term accessibility to the public. NARA and the White House Office of Administration should develop concepts for a turnkey presidential records system that could go to a presidential library along with electronic presidential records, providing immediate public access to records to which access is permissible. Florida State University College of Law and other copyrights .