Trevor Lewis: Access to Public Records (MARA VIDEO)
SJSU iSchool Audio/Video Podcast
English - May 07, 2012 18:19 - 58 minutes - 3.43 KB Video - ★★★ - 3 ratingsCourses Education web 2.0 library science library science education information science education san josé state university sjsu slis sjsu slis Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Trevor Lewis: Access to Public Records (MARA AUDIO)
Government accountability, fostered by ready availability of public records, is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy. Yet the government also holds increasingly large amounts of sensitive personal and business data that is legitimately entitled to confidential treatment. Needless retention of information that is truly no longer needed creates risks ranging from improper breach of confidentiality, to burdens of "searching the haystack," to unmanageable opacity by simple result of sheer quantity. The accelerating increase in the volume and range of public information calls for forward-looking management of information as a highly important asset.