About Sprehe Information Management Associates

Sprehe Information Management Associates provides consulting services in information resources management. The firm advises federal agencies concerning the collection, processing, dissemination, storage and disposition of information. It also assists companies that deal with the federal government as customer or data provider. Issues the firm specializes in include electronic records management, public access to government information, strategic planning for information resources management, information dissemination policy, and electronic dissemination of information. The firm possesses expertise in survey organization and design, questionnaire and interview design, and statistical analysis.  For the past seven years, the company has co-presented an annual two-day conference on electronic records management.

SELECTED CONSULTING AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

1991 - 2007

 
Senior consultant to Office of the CIO, Department of Treasury, to revise Treasury Records Management Directive and Records Management Manual, Vistronix, Inc., November 2006 to present.
Consultant to Government Accountability Office to develop an Information Management Maturity Model. 2006 to present.
Senior consultant to Office of the DoD/CIO/IM, DoD Net-Centric Records Management Program Roadmap and Implementation Plan, Millican & Associates for . 2005-2006
Senior consultant, Electronic Record Keeping Certification for IT Systems, Records Management Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, SRA International October 2003 to 2005.
Study of EPA’s Clean Air Nonroad Diesel Engine Collaboration Process. Senior consultant to Council for Excellence in Government. 2005
Chair, AIIM International C30 Standards Committee on Integrated Electronic Document Management Systems and Electronic Records Management Systems. 2002 to Present. Editor and principal author of first technical report of Committee ANSI /AIIM/ARMA TR 48, Framework for Integration of Electronic Document Management Systems and Electronic Records Management Systems, published in August 2004. (http://www.techstreet.com/cgi-bin/detail?product_id=1170205). Also editor and principal author of ANSI /AIIM/ARMA TR48-2006, November 2006.
Congressional Testimony by J. Timothy Sprehe on the subject of Electronic Records Management before the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations, and the Census, U.S. House of Representatives, July 8, 2003.
Senior consultant and principal author of Study of Exemplary Practices in Electronic Records Management for U.S. Government Accountability Office, Grant Thornton LLP 2002-2903. The study presented enterprise-wide electronic records management within the context of a Capability Maturity Model supported by case studies.
Cosponsor of annual conference – 2006 was the tenth year – on federal Electronic Records Management. The conference draws up to 150 federal records officers, IT managers, and attorneys to learn about the latest developments in federal ERM.
 Cosponsor of conference on Case Management Systems in Federal Agencies. November 1, 2005 .
Senior consultant and co-author, Review of Privacy-Related Research and Analysis for General Accounting Office, Grant Thornton LLP 2002.
Senior consultant, Design of Electronic Records and Document Management System (ERDMS), Office of Environmental Information, Environmental Protection Agency. SRA International  2001-2002.
Senior consultant, Electronic Records Management System Process Analysis, Office of Inspector General, Department of Defense. SRA International 2002.
Senior consultant and co-author of published report, Current Recordkeeping Practices in the Federal Government, National Archives and Records Administration. SRA International. 2000-2001.
Senior consultant, Plan for Implementing Government Paperwork Elimination Act, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs. Acton-Burnell, Inc. 2001
Senior consultant, Implementation of the Clinger-Cohen Act, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Department of Transportation, SRA International. 2000.
Senior consultant and co-author, Performance Measures for Federal Agency Websites, Government Printing Office, Energy Information Administration, and Defense Technical Information Center. 2000
Senior consultant, Update Privacy Act Systems and FOIA Notices, Peace Corps 1999.
Senior consultant and co-author, Guidelines for Electronic Records Management on State and Federal Agency Websites, National Historical Publications and Records, Commission, NARA. 1998.
Consultant and author, Policy Studies on Information Dissemination Practices, Defense Technical Information Center , .1995.
Senior consultant and co-author, Automation Training Needs in the Administrative Office and the Federal Courts, Vols I and II, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, 1992-1993.
Regular columnist since 1991 for Federal Computer Week. Over 140 columns on federal information technology policy issues. See http://www.fcw.com.
Author or co-author of over 150 professional journal article publications and several books in the fields of federal information policy, statistical policy, demography, and the sociology of education.

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