Bringing Control to FBI Files Nationwide

Time:  Networking – 6:00 PM, Dinner – 6:30 PM, Presentation – 7:30 PM

Location: Golden Bull Grand Cafe - 7 Dalamar Street, Gaithersburg, MD 20877, phone: 301-948-3666

Program:  In 2002, the FBI held an estimated 178 miles of distributed, largely active records and case files. While originally created and maintained in a disciplined process, with both manual finding aids and legacy mainframe indices, the volume of material and declining clerical support staff presented a complex control problem. Innovations in technology presented the institution with significant process improvements and the means for rapid analysis; but knowledge contained in the widely distributed legacy case files remained a challenge to rapid information access. The solution was an aggressive inventory project with barcoding and metadata capture coupled with a reduction in the size of the collection through authorized destruction and targeted accession transfers to NARA. Scan-on-demand services provided high-quality and searchable digital versions to meet operational and administrative requirements.  John and Betty will share the many lessons learned in implementing the FBI’s Document Imaging Management and Control Project (DIMCaP) extending governance over this vast repository of legacy files. 

Speakers: John Krysa is Chief of the FBI Records Automation Section and a member of the Senior Executive Service since 1996. He is responsible for certifying IT systems for electronic record keeping compliance and FBI document and evidence and scanning programs.  He is also program management executive for the document inventory management and control program.  He is a retired US Army Infantry Officer and earned Master's Degrees in Communication and Operational Planning.  John is a Certified Records Manager and an AIIM electronic records management specialist. 

Betty Parker is a management and program analyst for FBI electronic records initiatives in the records management application unit.  She earned an MS in Information Systems, an NDU CIO Certificate and is an AIIM certified electronic records management master.  She is the primary subject matter expert for records management on multiple enterprise-wide IT working groups and lifecycle governance. Ms. Parker was previously assigned to the US Army Records Management and Declassification Agency. 

Menu:  Dinner will include garden salad, soft drinks, chocolate mousse for dessert and your choice of either: Chicken Orleans with linguini; Salmon with dill sauce & rice pilaf; Prime rib with baked potato; or Pasta primavera. Cash bar will be available.

Reservations Required: Please RSVP by 5:00 PM on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 by responding to your online invitation or visiting Online Registration at  http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2565491454 . No refunds for cancellations after Tuesday, December 6 at 5:00 PM.

Cost: Online registration with credit card, $35.00 for ARMA members and $40 for non-members. For questions regarding registration, please send message to gburgarma@yahoo.com. All registrations are pre-paid. We cannot guarantee the availability of meals or seating for walk-ins. No credit cards will be taken at the door.