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b'In a major step towards freeing itself from paper records keeping, the Defense Department unveiled its first ever records management strategy on Monday. The plan names goals the department wants to achieve over the next five years in an effort to create user-friendly discoverable digital archives.\\nThe strategy lists four goals. They include creating a comprehensive library of records to aid the department in decision-making, automating records creation, retrieving and managing records, and planning a lifecycle for them.\\nDefense officials said an overarching goal is to turn DoD\\u2019s vast storehouses of records into \\u201cactionable information.\\u201d\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'