of course, CILIP’s Government Informa- tion Group.
“Another key grouping has also been the professional bodies – in particu- lar CILIP, ARA and IRMS – who have provided invaluable support on pro- fessional accreditation matters. IRMS has enabled us to set up an accredita- tion process specifically for those KIM professionals working in government and the security services, so their often sensitive work can be professionally appraised within a secure environment. “CILIP has also been helping with some initial work that is taking place on professional competence pay frame- works for Government. It remains an issue for me, that while career (and pay) progression tends to be only acknowledged by moving to new and more senior posts, there has been little consideration about how we reward those who have been in post for a long time and are now deep experts.” “But most of all it has been the dedica- tion of the GKIM profession who work in a very pressurised environment, often having to be very agile as new challenges materialise, often overnight. As a community they are very support- ive: someone wanted advice on sharing
information with Non Executive Direc- tors, and immediately people provided advice on the matter. This was indicative of the collegiate nature of the profession and their willingness to share their exper- tise. Another example was the [profession putting] together an extensive programme about GKIM for Civil Service Live, which showcases Civil Service developments at a number of venues across the country. All this takes time on top of the day job, and it is a tribute to GKIM staff’s dedication that all this extra work gets done.” And will retirement mean an end to David’s involvement with the profession? “Not quite. As part of a review of how the Civil Service manages and interacts with its 28 professions (David has ensured that Knowledge and Information Management is included in these), the professions were encouraged to establish alumni organisa- tions. To this end, and working principally with NGLIS, the Government Informa- tion Alumni NeTwork (GIANT) has been established, and I will be acting as one of its trustees going forward.”
And career highlights? “Meeting Prime Ministers, providing brief- ing for the late Queen would all feature, but one of the weirdest was when I set out
why we keep records in Government (and ultimately destroy most of them) in line with National Archives in response to an FOI request. Three weeks later, my quote appeared in Private Eye (in a less than flattering way as you might expect). Get- ting records management principles into Private Eye? It’s got to be up there!” IP
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