3.3: IRM
Provide effective information resources management. Other Information:
The agency manages information to enable staff to make thoughtful decisions and perform their work, to facilitate appropriate
public access, and to protect sensitive information from inappropriate access and release. Our Strategy: The FTC is undergoing
a multiyear transition to managing information resources in electronic format as one of the best means of meeting this objective.
As part of this transition, the FTC conducted an agencywide inventory of records, including major electronic systems. Based
on the inventory, the agency then developed, finalized and submitted to the national archives and records administration a
comprehensive retention schedule that, when NARA approves it, will authorize the FTC to maintain and dispose of agency records
electronically. it will enable the FTC to concentrate on managing information rather than records schedules. as another step
in the transition, during FT 2010, the FTC developed an electronic recordkeeping certification review process that will be
used to review the ability of the FTC’s information systems to house agency records with authenticity, reliability and integrity
for the mandated retention period. in addition, as part of effective information resources management, the FTC is identifying
and implementing business process improvements through effective use of technology. for example, the FTC has developed a new
web based e-filing system for public filings in administrative litigation under Part 3 of the FTC rules of Practice. Designed
in the footprint of systems use by the federal courts, the FTC’s e-filing system enables parties to the agency’s administrative
proceedings to file public documents electronically rather than in paper format. Performance Results: One performance measure,
Performance Measure 3.3.1, is used to gauge success of this objective. This key performance measure is the percentage of commission-approved
documents in the FTC’s ongoing and newly initiated proceedings available on www.FTC.gov within 15 days of becoming part of
the public record. The FTC selected this measure because timely availability of public documents facilitates public awareness
of and participation in commission activities. examples of documents approved by the commission are federal register notices
in rulemakings and other proceedings that seek public comments, consent agreements, complaints and orders in administrative
litigation, and complaints and proposed orders in litigation in the federal courts.
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