Author Archive

J. Timothy Sprehe

Tim Sprehe is president of Sprehe Information Management Associates in Washington.
Modernization

Enterprise content management and the system-is-the-solution fallacy

When it comes to enterprise content management systems, many agencies buy technology before they have strategies in place, writes columnist Tim Sprehe.

Modernization

Exploding the data storage myth

People who say we should save everything because data storage is cheap are talking nonsense.

Modernization

A new kind of record-keeper

The next National Archivist could fix decades of problems in digital management.

Modernization

Op-ed: NARA framework distorts records management

GSA has abdicated its records-management responsibilities, leaving NARA to set policies and issue rules, columnist Timothy Sprehe writes.

People

Sprehe: Seeking the records decider

It isn’t necessary to leave archiving decisions in the hands of users.

People

Sprehe: Keeping it digital

Legislation requiring electronic records to be stored electronically might not be enough.

People

Sprehe: The president's legacy

The White House has repeatedly tolerated inadequate systems for keeping e-mail records.

People

Sprehe: Foolish secrecy

Lag time in releasing 8.5 million World War II records is an example of misguided classification policies

Digital Government

Sprehe: Being overly simplistic

Federal enterprise architecture principles treat government as one entity. Who are they kidding?