About this event: 

Mark Patrick’s briefing will present the challenge of records management for the organization which supports the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the principal military advisor to the Secretary of Defense and the President of the United States. It will focus on the past two years—the Joint Staff’s continuing deployment of the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) tool Documentum, oversight of ten combatant commands’ records management programs, and the impact of web 2.0 technologies on workflow and records management in a fast-paced staff environment. It will describe where the Joint Staff is now and where it is attempting to go. Finally it will explore the cultural change which is evolving the way content and records managers must work in their organizations as traditional information management practices are absorbed as a subset of content management and that as a subset of knowledge management. This case study is made all the more intriguing as it unfolds in a rarefied environment—during a time of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, causing pressure on the knowledge workers who are required to research and draft advice that must come to the Chairman "at the speed his job requires."

"The Joint Staff must be capable of responding at the speed my job requires, not the speed that a particular process currently allows." -- Admiral Mike Mullen, CJCS Guidance for 2008-2009

Mark S. Patrick, Chief, Information Management Division
Joint Secretariat, Directorate of Management
The Joint Staff

Mr. Patrick is responsible for oversight of the Records Management Program for the Joint Staff and ten Combatant Commands on behalf of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Chairman is assigned program responsibility by the Department of Defense, Chief Information Officer (DOD Directive 5015.2) who is the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration.

Mr. Patrick’s division is made up of approximately 30 civilian employees and one military officer serving as Deputy. It manages the official corporate archive of record for the "Top Five" of the Joint Staff—the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Assistant to the Chairman, Director and Vice Director of the Joint Staff. In addition to assisting staff action officers with research for current business, Mr. Patrick has responsibility for Joint Staff Enterprise Content Management policy, the Freedom of Information Act program, and Automatic Declassification Project. He is an alternate member of the Joint Staff’s Knowledge Management Board.
 

Over the past two and a half years, Mr. Patrick has focused on revitalizing and adapting records management practices while implementing well-governed Enterprise Content Management policy on the Joint Staff. Developing record and content capture processes that accommodate emerging web 2.0 tool use and dynamic, collaborative work poses tough challenges—cultural change that is expected to continue.

While on active duty, Mr. Patrick served as Deputy Chief, Information Management Division. He assumed his current position in September 2007 upon retiring from the U.S. Navy. Originally from Chesterfield County, VA, Mr. Patrick currently resides in Lorton, VA with his wife and three children.

COST:  AIIM, ARMA, IAC/ACT Member Rate $19, Non-Member Rate $29.  Members who are NOT members of the National Capitol Chapter may be asked to show their Membership card/ID at registration to qualify for the member discount.  Dinner guests of a member will qualify for the AIIM Member Rate.  .

Registration

RESERVATION DEADLINE: Reservations are required no later than 9PM on Tuesday, March 16th.  Lunch online registration will close after the first 60 registrations.     

Program Committee Mission Statement:

To provide a forum, at the local level, which contributes to the effective development and application of enterprise content management technologies and services?  The to meet at regular intervals to advance professional knowledge and techniques of our members through educational programs, workshops, seminars, and by sharing and exchanging experiences and information related to the industry via peer networking.  The goal of these forums is to offer topic-centric program content that provides a well-rounded and balanced perspective of the issues related to the industry.