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Managing silos of knowledge within government agencies.

Publication: KMWorld
Publication Date: 01-JUN-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Virtually every government agency has invested substantial capital and resources to implement specific systems for different departments to create and manage documents. This has historically been done for numerous reasons:

* Different departments have different needs, therefore best with...

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...served different document, imaging, content or e-mail management systems;

* Some departments have additional applications (e.g. case management, accounting) that manage documents; and

* Government re-organization has led to the merger of agencies with pre-existing systems.

The effect has been the creation of different repositories, or "silos of knowledge," such as:

* Physical records in one or more records centers, or those stored off-site;

* E-mails stored in an e-mail and/or e-mail archiving system;

* Documents in a document management, content management or collaboration system;

* Electronic documents in specialized systems; and

* Images in an imaging system.

These silos, although coveted for departmental efficiencies, create challenges as well. Agencies are...

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