Where RM should report to ensure effective electronic records
management: as the volume of electronically stored information con
Unlike any other aspect of business, records management--the act of
planning and managing every piece of an organization's captured
information--is an element of every business process. From the . . .
The pillars of vital records protection: being prepared to resume
business quickly in the event of disaster requires that digita
More than a half-century ago, the U.S. Federal Civil Defense
Administration conducted a test called Operation Teapot to gauge the
effects of a nuclear explosion on a variety of business records . . .
2008: year of e-mail management.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)(Federal Rules of Civil Procedure)(Survey)
While many companies are not prepared to meet the revised 2006
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) requirements, 64 percent of
firms do plan to implement e-mail retention policies this . . .
Record data breaches in 2007.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)
It's official--2007 was a record year for data breaches. And
if things don't improve, 2008 may see as many, if not more, cases
of data loss or theft, experts say.
Even as companies, government . . .
SOX costs sock small firms.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)(Sarbanes-Oxley Act)(Report)
Smaller companies may have received multiple extensions for full
compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), but they
aren't getting any favors when it comes to its costs.
"The Cost of . . .
Are records miscellaneous?(Book review)
TITLE: Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital
Disorder
AUTHOR: David Weinberger
PUBLISHER: New York Times Books
PUBLICATION DATE: May, 2007
LENGTH: 278 pages
PRICE: . . .
Determining the scope of legal holds: waypoints for navigating
the road ahead: when preparing for anticipated litigation, a
comp
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Since the December 2006 revised U.S. Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure went into effect, organizations have been struggling more than
ever to understand litigation, or . . .
Vietnam, Laos sign archives deal.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)(National Archive Centre)(Brief article)
The Vietnamese and Laotian archive departments signed a memorandum
of understanding (MOU) on cooperative projects in 2008.
In the MOU, signed November 28, 2007, the countries agree to
regularly . . .
U.S. deputy archivist retires; successor named.(UP FRONT: News,
Trends & Analysis)(appointment of Adrienne C. Thomas in National
Lewis Bellardo, deputy archivist and chief of staff at the National
Archives and Records Administration (NARA) since 1995, retired December
31, 2007. U.S. Archivist Allen Weinstein has named . . .
Ex-Los Alamos archivist sentenced.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)
A former archivist at Los Alamos National Laboratory has been
sentenced to two years' probation for taking home classified
records from the New Mexico nuclear weapons facility.
Jessica Quintana, . . .
Keys for securing private information in an EDMS: implementing an
electronic document management system (EDMS) security scheme w
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Electronic document management/imaging systems (EDMS) are subject
to the same rules and regulations as other information systems. However,
being document-centric, applying . . .
Experts: government data unseen online.(UP FRONT: News, Trends
& Analysis)
During a December U.S. Senate panel, experts urged lawmakers to
make the content of government databases more accessible to the public
by linking them to mainstream search engines such as Google, . . .
Swiss adopt RM standard.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)(records management)(Brief article)
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The Swiss government has adopted the eCH-0038-Records Management
Framework model as a federal standard for e-government, according to the
European ePractice newsletter. The . . .
DC mayor dumps proposed e-mail policy.(UP FRONT: News, Trends
& Analysis)(Washington, D.C.)
Washington, D.C., Mayor Adrian Fenty decided to delete his
controversial e-mail retention policy that was set to begin in January
due to a flood of criticism from the public and city council.
The . . .
Oregon requires firms to protect data.(UP FRONT: News, Trends
& Analysis)(Oregon Identity Theft Protection Act)(Brief
article)
Identity theft is a major problem in the United States and
certainly in Oregon, which is ranked the 13th-worst state per capita for
the crime by the Federal Trade Commission.
The Oregon Identity . . .
How to develop an emergency management plan: while it won't
replace the logic of decision-making or common sense, a good, detail
The purpose of emergency planning is to provide the basis for
systematic responses to emergencies that threaten an organization and
the records and information necessary for continuing . . .
Secrecy still reigns: despite a few recent advances for open
records, those who favor open government say there has been a sharp
At this writing, U.S. President George W. Bush has little more than
10 months left in office. But the effect of his decisions regarding
government records may prove to be long-lasting.
According . . .
FRCP challenges counsel.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)(Federal Rules of Civil Procedure)(Survey)
The second-annual LexisNexis Corporate Counsel Survey, conducted
during the Association of Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting in late
October 2007 and released in November 2007, revealed the views . . .
Infrared to protect information.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)(Xerox Corp.)(Brief article)
Protecting everyday documents such as tickets, deeds, and licenses
against forgery has traditionally been cost-prohibitive and difficult.
But that may change, with the introduction of Xerox's . . .
Spoliation sinks TorrentSpy.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)(Motion Picture Association of America v. TorrentSpy)(Case
overvi
In a case closely watched by those interested in copyright law and
peer-to-peer (P2P) networking, a federal judge handed the Motion Picture
Association of America (MPAA) a victory after ruling that . . .
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