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1. IntroductionThe purpose of the Oak Ridge Operations (ORO), Information Management (IM) Plan isto: 1) identify the approach that ORO will take to manage the information it needs insupport of its missions; 2) document the ORO IM function; 3) identify the roles andresponsibilities of ORO staff and organizations supporting the IM function; and 4)describe ORO's current IM environment, future IM goals, and road map to the future.This plan was developed under guidance provided by, and will be implemented inconcert with, IM planning activities coordinated by the Office of Science IT CollaborativeGroup and guidance provided by the ORO Corporate Information Management (CIM)Steering Council.DRAFTThe IM Plan contains a description of: the missions of ORO, the IM support functionwithin ORO, the IM goals through which ORO defines its IM future, the current IMenvironment at ORO, and a road map of projects that will help lead ORO from its currentstatus toward its IM vision. To make timely progress in achieving vision objectives, theInformation Resources Management Division (IRMD), as the steward of this plan, willrecommend road map projects for the ORO CIM Steering Council. The council, as ownerof this plan, will concur on these projects and their prioritization as presented by IRMD.IRMD will then coordinate the implementation of road map projects. The Road MapSection (Section 6) and Appendix A provide details concerning these opportunities.To gather input for this plan, interviews were held with groups representing all businessactivities at ORO. These interviews discussed functional responsibilities, informationrequirements and interfaces, and specific needs for information management-relatedsupport. The information gathered in these interviews is the primary source for the visionand the road map projects included in this plan. Additional input for the Plan is guidanceprovided by The Office of Science IT Collaborative Group, and proposed SC-widecollaborative projects (See Appendix C). These projects have been endorsed by theIRMD Computing Management Group for presentation to appropriate approval bodies,including the ORO CIM Steering Council.This IM Plan is the result of a collaborative effort and will be maintained as a livingdocument. Comments or questions may be directed to IRMD.Oak Ridge OperationsInformation Management Plan8/5/97 1-1Revision 0