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 - 2005

Regular policy commentary columnist for Federal Computer Week since 1991.
Senior consultant to Northrop Grumman Information Technology, January 2005.
Senior consultant to Vistronix, Inc. for business development.2004 to present.
Senior consultant to SRA International on project to assist the Federal Bureau of Investigation in developing an Electronic Recordkeeping Certification Process for all agency information technology systems.
Principal investigator on research study for the U.S. General Accounting Office, contracted to Grant Thornton LLP, Study of Exemplary Practices in Electronic Records Management, May 2003

Chair of C30 standards committee for the Association for Information and Image Management on Integration of Electronic Document Management Systems and Electronic Records Management Systems Functional Requirements, May 2002 to present. Principal author of AIIM/ANSI/ARM TR48-2004, Framework for Integration of Electronic Document Management Systems and Electronic Records Management Systems.

Since 1998, co-presenter and program chair for nine conferences on the current state of and future outlook for electronic records management in federal agencies, Washington, DC. 

Email Guidance for the Smithsonian Institution. Email Guidance for the Smithsonian Institution. Assisted the Smithsonian Institution Archives by preparing a brochure for distribution to SI staff on treatment of email records and by advising on capture and retention of email with long term historical value. 2001

Author of Enterprise Records Management: Strategies and Solutions, a White Paper prepared for Hummingbird Ltd, September 2002.

Senior Consultant to SRA International on project to design electronic document and records management system at Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, 2002. 
Senior Consultant to SRA International on project to design, implement, and test an integrated electronic document management and electronic records management system for the Environmental Protection Agency. 2001-2002
Senior Consultant to Grant Thornton on Privacy-Related Research and Analysis and Information Resources Management Services for the U.S. General Accounting Office.  2001-2002.
Senior Consultant to SRA International on study sponsored by National Archives and Records Administration titled Information Gathering, Analysis and Report on Current Recordkeeping and Records Use within the Federal Government. 2000-2001
Provided consulting services to Acton Burnell on a project to develop a departmental plan at the Department of Veterans Affairs for implementing the Government Paperwork Elimination Act.
Principal investigator, together with Prof. Charles McClure, on interagency-sponsored research project to develop performance measures for federal agency websites. drawing ca. 150 government and industry IT professionals each year. 
Assisted SRA International in providing services to the Department of Transportation on implementation of the Clinger-Cohen Act.  2000
Update of Privacy and FOIA notices at the Peace Corps.   Together with Robert Gellman, rewrote and updated all Federal Register notices, regulations, and internal directives pertaining to privacy and freedom of information at the Peace Corps. 
Provided assistance to the Foundation for Educational Innovation's DC Link-and-Learn program in writing issue papers, business cases, and applications for grants.  1997-2000
Provided consulting services to SRA International in IT management services for Information Systems, Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury.  1998-1999
Provided consulting services to Aspen Systems, Inc. in identifying new lines of business.  1998-1999
Principal Co-investigator (with Prof. Charles McClure, Syracuse University) on research study to develop guidelines for records management on state and federal agency websites. Final report available on Internet. 1997-98. This report formed the basis for NARA's website guidance to federal agencies in 2003.
Author of several exclusive reports for IDC Government, Inc.Federal Electronic Records and the Internet Environment. January 1997; Federal Information Policy: 1994. January 1995; and 1993: The Year in Federal Information Policy: Events and Commentary, January 1994.
Completed study for the Defense Technical Information Service concerning public access policy issues affecting DTIC, concentrating on the implications of changes in the Freedom of Information Act, changes in copyright law and practice, and changes arising from the Information Infrastructure Task Force. As outgrowth of the study, wrote and published "Does the Federal Government Need an A-130 for STI?" Government Information Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 2, 1995, pp. 213-223.
Carried out, together with Sarah T. Kadec, an Automation Training Needs Assessment for the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. 1992-1993.
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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