Welcome to FEDS, the Federal Electronic Document Systems Association.
Your suggestions and active participation in our association and our online forum are welcomed and encouraged. There are, of course, some basic rules of conduct that we ask all members to follow.
Some basic information for using this site:
This forum functions both as an organizational website and an email listserv. As such, you can receive group announcements, conduct threaded discussions/conversations with other members of the group, and view and download documents that have been posted to the site by our moderators.
A few points of note:
In order to participate in the Blog sections of the site, you must first be a registered user of the FEDS website and be a FEDS member in good standing, having paid your annual dues. If you have difficulties registering to use the site, please contact the site
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In the desire to promote active discussion, this list is not currently moderated. Any message posted to the Blog board by registered members will automatically be posted to the list. The moderators reserve the right to remove offensive or inappropriate messages. Should such behavior prove chronic, posts may be moderated, and await individual approval by a moderator before being posted.
Rules of Conduct:
No flaming: Remarks that insult or attack a person's character are not permitted. Debating a subject is permitted and encouraged, but please remember that the debate is about a subject--not the person.
No Profanity
No Spam
Post only messages that are for the whole group, messages directed to an individual should be sent to that person's email.
Nice things to do:
If replying to a post, and the content or topic of the discussion has changed, please change the name of the post in the subject line.
Trim your post: If you are replying to a series of discussions, please delete any old portions of the prior discussion that are no longer needed; this will help to keep the threads small and easy to read.
Make your posts brief and easy to read. This will encourage more members to actively ready and consider them.
Thank you, and welcome to our online community!
Sincerely,
Jeff Yake, Webmaster
Last Updated ( Aug 20, 2008 at 10:54 AM )
History of FEDS
Written by Jeff Yake
Jun 26, 2007 at 11:37 AM
FEDS history can be traced back to 1977, when a forum was established for senior government officials to meet monthly and share information on reprographic processes and new technologies.
In 1983 this technical group moved under the umbrella of the Library of Congress. Later the group branched out, and was based under the General Services Administration (GSA). In 1990, the Federal Reprographics Association (FRA) was formed as an independent organization serving the same community of users. By 2004, the FRA changed its name to the Federal Electronic Document Systems Association, or FEDS, to better reflect industry changes in document technology and the knowledge-based specialists needed to create/prepare/disseminate/manage such documents for print and the Web. Today, FEDS attracts professionals from many areas: visual information, printing/publishing, information technology, web teams, printing management, education, procurement and production/prepress.Write Comment (0 comments)
Last Updated ( Jul 12, 2007 at 06:58 AM )
About FEDS
Written by Jeff Yake
Nov 19, 2005 at 07:25 AM
We aspire to be the Federal Government's leading association engaged in providing Electronic Document and Information Technology Innovations and Dissemination Services.
To provide the Federal Government with document management solutions in the most efficient, effective, and economical manner
To offer document managers, policy makers and service providers a forum for the exchange of
technological information, advice and assistance
To provide and enhance continuing improvement of document and information dissemination systems by making objective recommendations to our agencies
To value the diversity of our FEDS membership by keeping our commitment to on-going self-examination in order to achieve the association's mission
To maintain well-trained, highly-motivated FEDS members by nurturing individual improvement and professional career enhancement and by sharing and offering networking opportunities for their growth and development
To serve our agencies' customers with the utmost of courtesy and respect
To preserve and communicate our FEDS association's goals and objectives
FEDS' purpose is to improve management of printing, publishing, electronic documents and information product dissemination programs and to promote professionalism among federal printing staffs by:
Serving as a medium for member exchange of ideas, technical and procedural solutions and industry innovations
Providing a forum where printing, publishing, electronic documents and information management professionals may present and discuss their concerns, opinions and comments openly and freely
Focusing the attention of FEDS members on Information Technology matters that can impact their agencies' production
Developing and advancing standards of professional competence in the printing, publishing, electronic document and information management field
Fostering career development of FEDS knowledge-based staffs by sharing news of industry-related education and training programs, seminars, accreditation classes, career path data, etc.
Focusing management attention on the need for professional staffs to effectively manage graphic creation/design, printing, publishing, print-on-demand services, electronic document and information dissemination
Promoting the cost and efficiency benefits of effective printing management
Communicating user requirements/concerns, evaluating their applicability and effectiveness through the GSA and GPO procurement processes
Discussing ideas, needs, concerns and reviews of policies and program implementation with our partners in the vendor community
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