Six steps to your successful career path: from self-assessment to
decision making to life planning, these steps will help guide
Over the past two decades, records and information management (RIM)
practitioners have begun to enjoy the ability to create a structured
career path. No longer are they solely relegated to dark, . . .
Revising DoD 5015.2, the de facto RM software standard: the
latest revision of DoD 5015.2-STD now includes requirements for reco
In 1997, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) developed a voluntary
records management standard--DoD 5015.2-STD Design Criteria Standard for
Electronic Records Management Software Applications--as . . .
EU panel: delete search info sooner.(UP FRONT)(European
Union)
A European advisory body has determined that there is no reason for
search engines to retain search information for longer than six months.
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The Article 29 Working Party, . . .
NARA, CIA sign MOU.(UP FRONT)(United States. National Archives
and Records Administration)(United States. Central Intelligence
A
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The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has signed
a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA) detailing the procedures . . .
Vietnam Memorial now online.(UP FRONT)(United States. National
Archives and Records Administration)(www.footnote.com)(Brief
arti
The National Archives has joined with www.footnote.com to recreate
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial online.
The project makes the records of tens of thousands of deceased
Vietnam War veterans . . .
Calming the data storm: a risk management model for mitigating
risks: using a risk-based approach for prioritizing efforts to mi
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Records management has become an integral aspect of how most large
organizations do business--in fact, it's increasingly taking center
stage. While many organizations have . . .
Report: U.S. mismanaging e-records.(UP FRONT)(electronic
records)(Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington)
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), one of
the groups that has sued the White House over millions of
"lost" e-mails, recently released a report--"Record
Chaos: The . . .
FTC offers data protection tips.(UP FRONT)(United States. Federal
Trade Commission)(Brief article)
According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), many data theft
incidents can be prevented by common-sense steps that cost companies
next to nothing.
To prove its point, the commission has . . .
Digital data storage for the long run.(UP FRONT)
Long-term storage and recovery of digital information is something
that everyone--from governments and businesses to home computer
users--is struggling with today. Even as more and more information . . .
B.C. law secures e-Health records.(UP FRONT)(British
Columbia)(e-Health Personal Health and Information Access and Protection
of
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British Columbia recently became the first Canadian province to
create a legislative framework with specific provisions to govern the
access and protection of electronic . . .
How to win the compliance battle using 'big buckets':
despite verbal skirmishing about how big retention schedule
"buckets" shou
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A retention schedule is a formal policy defining an
organization's legal, regulatory, and business requirements for
records retention and destruction. Applying the big . . .
U.S. agencies' FOIA backlogs remain.(UP FRONT)(Freedom of
Information Act)
Two years after President George W. Bush signed an executive order
meant to improve Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) compliance and reduce
backlogs of pending requests, a new audit reveals that . . .
FTC settles with TJX, data brokers.(UP FRONT)(United States.
Federal Trade Commission)
Retailer TJX and data brokers Reed Elsevier and Seisint have agreed
to settle charges with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that each
engaged in practices that failed to provide reasonable and . . .
Group urges copyright law changes.(UP FRONT)(Section 108 Study
Group)
After almost three years of research, the independent Section 108
Study Group has issued recommendations to the U.S. Library of Congress
related to how libraries, archives, and museums handle . . .
Indonesia passes new FOI law.(UP FRONT)
While Indonesia has one of the freest presses in the region, its
citizens have not always enjoyed freedom of information (FOI). But that
is expected to change with the passage of a new FOI law that . . .
The art of managing RIM programs: the successful RIM program
manager must have a well-developed set of inter-personal and
profes
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Records and information management (RIM) professionals' work
focuses predominantly on managing records and information, but to
accomplish that requires well-managed RIM . . .
Service enables self-destructing IMs.(UP FRONT)(instant
messages)(Survey)(Brief article)
BigString Corp's new service enables users to send instant
messages (IMs) that self-destruct after being sent, preventing them from
being stored or archived to a server.
Additionally, IMs sent . . .
Auditors: NASA needs e-mail lessons.(UP FRONT)(United States.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
According to a recent inspector general report, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) employees are not properly
managing their official e-mail records due to a lack of knowledge . . .
India to increase cell phone monitoring.(UP FRONT)(Technology Act
of 2000)(Centre for Communication Security Research and
Monito
India's government said it will establish a Centre for
Communication Security Research and Monitoring to help security agencies
monitor cell phone calls and billing records. The center also will . . .
Australian Museum starts e-mail archive.(UP FRONT)(Powerhouse
Museum)(Brief article)
Sydney, Australia's Powerhouse Museum is asking Australians to
send it e-mails to be part of the country's first e-mail archive
collection, according to ABC Online--Australia.
The museum hopes . . .
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