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For immediate release: November 28, 2007
Contact: Shawn Karrick

NASCIO’s Starting Points for E-Discovery: The Search is On for State CIOs

(Lexington, KY) - The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO), which represents the chief information officers (CIOs) of the states, is pleased to announce the release of its research brief "The Search is On: State CIO Starting Points for E-Discovery". The brief may be found online at www.nascio.org/publications/. It is a product of NASCIO’s E-Discovery Working Group.

In its September 2007 Issue Brief entitled “Seek and Ye Shall Find? State CIOs Must Prepare Now for E-Discovery!”, NASCIO raised the importance of State CIO involvement in e-discovery and the need for collaborative state electronic records management activities to properly address e-discovery requests. In this follow-up Research Brief, NASCIO provides starting points for State CIOs to improve the state’s ability to successfully address legal requests for electronic information.

Topics include:

• Getting Started on Electronic Records Management
• Managing an Electronic Records Management Initiative
• The Role of Records Retention Schedules
• The Challenge of Retrieving Electronic Information
• Electronic Records Management Training and Awareness for State Employees

“Ensuring consistent and reliable responses to e-discovery requests across the state enterprise is a significant task. However, by taking a collaborative approach to the management and release of electronic records, states will be able to efficiently respond to e-discovery requests,” said Gary Robinson, State CIO, State of Washington, and Chair of NASCIO’s E-Discovery Working Group.

NASCIO is the premier network and resource for state CIOs and an effective advocate for technology policies at all levels of government. State members are senior officials from any of the three branches of state government who have executive-level and statewide responsibility for information resource management. Representatives from federal, municipal, and international governments and other state officials participate in the organization as associate members. Private-sector firms and non-profit organizations may join as corporate members.

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Please contact NASCIO Issues Coordinator Mary Gay Whitmer at (859) 514-9209 or mwhitmer@AMRms.com, or Shawn Karrick, NASCIO Membership and Communications Coordinator, at (859) 514-9156 or skarrick@AMRms.com.

AMR Management Services provides NASCIO's executive staff. For more information about AMR visit www.AMRms.com/.