Review of the Information and Records Division's Implementation of Agency Records Management Program
Recommendations
The Asia Bureau's Director of Administrative Management Services assign file custodians for each office.
Directors of Administrative Management Services for the Asia and Africa Bureaus include records management duties in the work plans and performance evaluations of file custodians and records liaison officers.
Chief of the Bureau for Management, Management Services, Information and Records Division, amend USAID's Automated Directives System 502 to make bureaus responsible for implementing the records management program and Information and Records Division responsible for establishing policy and ensuring compliance.
Chief of the Bureau for Management, Management Services, Information and Records Division, amend Automated Directives System 502 to include provisions for mandatory Agency-wide records training.
Director of the Human Resources training and Education Division include an introductory module on the importance of records management and records management policies and procedures (including electronic records) to be presented by the Information and Records Division in USAID's new employee orientation.
Chief of the Bureau for Management, Management Services, Information and Records Division, work with the Deputy Chief Information Officer to develop and execute a plan to manage e-mail records and text documents electronically in accordance with National Archives and Records Administratiaon guidelines.