Managing Records: Services for State Agencies: Newsletters
Newsletter: September 2008
Welcome to the September State Agency RMO Newsletter!
Electronic Records Symposium
Don’t forget to register for our upcoming electronic records symposium on October 2nd at the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Library. There will be presentations and demos from a number of local governments, as well your colleagues from SUNY Cortland, the New York State Thruway Authority, the Office for Temporary and Disability Assistance, and the Department of Housing and Community Renewal on the electronic records document management systems they have in place. For more information and our registration form, please visit the symposium web page:
http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/workshops/ws_03ERS1002.shtml
State Agency Workshops
The fall state agency workshop schedule is now available online! Seats are still available for our 9/16 ‘Conducting a Records Inventory’ workshop! Please register at our web page:
http://iarchives.nysed.gov/WorkShops/workshopsServlet?owner=REG&cat=2
Conducting a Records Inventory
Date: 09/16/2008
Location: Cultural Education Center
Using State Archives Retention Schedules
Date: 11/05/2008
Location: State Records Center
Files Management
Date: 12/02/2008
Location: State Records Center
New York State Agencies and Web 2.0
The last few years have been witness to a number of innovations in the use of new technology. Blogs, wikis, social networking services, and YouTube have all made their mark on the way we live and the way we do business. These new tools also are proving to be a significant challenge in the area of records management. We’re interested in finding out how widespread the adoption of technologies has become in New York’s government. If your agency is utilizing any of these technologies or services, we’d like to know! Please contact Sarah Durling at 518-473-6803 or sdurling@gmail.com, if you have any comments or questions, or would like to discuss your agency’s use of Web 2.0 technologies.
FOIL Information Available as Videos!
While we’re on the subject of the innovative use of technology to do business, here's a link to the NYS Committee on Open Government website for videos in which Bob Freeman provides detailed explanations for various FOIL and Open Meeting topics:
http://www.dos.state.ny.us/video/coog.html
Other Upcoming Training Opportunities
2008 Forum Annual Meeting
The NYS Forum will be presenting its Best Practice and Best of the Web Awards and recognizing an outstanding IT leader with its Annual Award for Excellence. And will feature a keynote address from Paul J. Cosgrave, Commissioner, NYC Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications.
Friday, September 12, 2008
10:30 am - 3:00 pm
The Desmond Hotel & Conference Center, Albany, NY
http://www.nysforum.org/events/annualmeeting-9-12-08/
GTC East 2008
GTC celebrates 20 years of commitment to New York's business and technology community with four days of in-depth training crafted to provide the business and technology professional, the skills they need to further the goals of both their organization and career, as well as take advantage of opportunities to connect with government and industry leaders, gain skills and insights that will make those next steps possible, discover new technologies and be inspired by keynote speakers Frank Abagnale and Alison Levine.
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12207
September 22 − 25, 2008
http://www.govtech.com/events/gtceast2008
That’s it for this month! Remember that we want to hear from you. State Agency Services is here to help make your job easier by answering questions, doing site visits, and providing training.
Jennifer O’Neill
joneill@mail.nysed.gov
(518) 473-2112
Sarah Durling
sdurling@mail.nysed.gov
(518) 473-6803
