Peace Corps

Agency Affected	Recommendation	Status
Peace Corps	The Director of the Peace Corps should establish a time frame to update its policies and procedures to include all of the required electronic information system functionalities for recordkeeping systems. (Recommendation 40)	Open – Partially Addressed In December 2023, Peace Corps stated that it had moved its Records Management Office (RMO) under the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) in an effort to provide better communication and compliance for all records management agency wide. Additionally, Peace corps stated that in response to our recommendation it had updated the records management policy manual in November 2020. This policy includes requirements for integrating records management requirements into electronic information systems. Specifically, the policy requires the Agency Records Officer to ensure that electronic information systems capture and organize records, maintain records security, manage access and retrieval, and preserve records for as long as they are needed . The policy also requires that automated recordkeeping systems include a disposition authority. However as of March 2024, Peace Corps has not provided a time frame to update its policies and procedures to include a requirement that the records management officer ensure that systems declare records or assign unique identifiers to them.

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