Govt’s New Records Management Programme to Help Enhance Business

Acting principal director, Information Division in the Office of the Prime Minister, SophiaWellington, converses with Government Archivist, Jamaica Archives and Records Department (JARD), Claudette Thomas, and Advisor for Communications and Information, UNESCO Cluster Office for the Caribbean, Dr. Paul Hector. The event was the recent launch of the Jamaica Archives and Records Department (JARD) Records Information Management (RIM) Month at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in Kingston. (Photo: Dave Reid/JIS)

Acting principal director in the Information Division in the Office of the Prime Minister, Sophia Wellington, says the RIM programme will play a key role in enhancing business.

This, by ensuring efficient service delivery by public-sector entities to citizens.

RIM is the government’s Records and Information Management programme.

Ms. Wellington says RIM will facilitate seamless data exchange among government entities and its business partners requiring information from state institutions.

She was addressing the RIM Month launch held recently at the Courtyard by Marriott in Kingston.

The RIM programme being spearheaded by the Jamaica Archives and Records Department.

It’s intended to create an integrated, standardised and secure public-sector RIM system.

The objective is to facilitate access to government information and archival material, preserve and leverage Jamaica’s historical heritage and information and cultural assets, as well as enable efficient service delivery, enhance decision-making and the overall attainment of national development goals.