Occasional papers

• ACARM lobbied the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Edinburgh in August 1997 on the implications for public records of the electronic environment. This paper was subsequently re-printed in the ACARM Newsletter and is reproduced here in full.
  • The Management of the Public Record in An Electronic Environment

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The Transition to the Electronic Age

• Papers presented at Making the Transition to the Electronic Age: Information as a Strategic Resource for Good Government, held in Nairobi, Kenya 1996.
  • Records as a Basis for Human Resource Management: Creating an Integrated Paper and Electronic System (P Cain and L Millar)
  • The Management of Public Sector Financial Records: The Implications for Good Government (P Akotia)
  • The Implications of Electronic Records (P Cain and L Millar)
  • Costs of the Failure of African Nations to Manage Records Effectively (P Mazikana)