Evidence management solutions for mitigating e-records risks:
bringing together IT, legal, RIM, and compliance officers through
Reports about various organizations' struggles to comply with
recordkeeping regulations are regularly in the news, reinforcing the
need for organizations of all sizes and in all types of industries . . .
RIM marketing made simple: never mind the myths--you, too, can
promote a records and information management program within your
Granted, marketing a records and information management (RIM)
program within an organization is not the easiest thing in the world.
But it isn't rocket science, either. Still, several silly . . .
Eight tips for working with a consultant: top consultants offer
suggestions for identifying, hiring, and working with consultant
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New regulations, changes in legal discovery, and the productivity
drain of uncontrolled records all compel businesses and government to
seek outside assistance from records . . .
Does your RIM program need a strategic alignment? With compliance
and litigation concerns raising the profile for records manage
Over the past two decades, there has been an increasing focus on
the concept of strategic alignment. It has arisen from two viewpoints:
focus on the customer and the need to unify disparate . . .
Living dangerously: several months after the amended Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure took effect, many companies remain woefull
Any organization--large or small, public or private, for-profit or
not-for-profit--can be smacked with an electronic discovery order at any
time. According to research from the Enterprise Strategy . . .
Survey: companies must control e-mail use, storage.(UP FRONT:
News, Trends & Analysis)(Brief article)
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According to an April survey conducted by Osterman Research Inc.
and sponsored by MessageOne, corporate e-mail storage and retrieval are
not well-managed, and--with legal . . .
Losses highlight need for physical data security.(UP FRONT: News,
Trends & Analysis)(Brief article)
It is not enough anymore for organizations to focus on
technological data security--physical data security can no longer be
overlooked.
In the past few years, large and small companies have . . .
International regulations headaches.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)(Brief article)
More than 40 countries currently have regulations requiring varying
degrees of records retention, according to Computerworld, and global
organizations must carefully comply with all of them. But . . .
Firms control employee internet use.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)(Brief article)
Companies are getting serious about managing employee Internet use.
According to a recent survey developed by Robert Half Technology, more
than three-quarters of chief information officers (CIOs) . . .
Google's data policy criticized.(UP FRONT: News, Trends
& Analysis)
Three public-interest groups have filed a joint complaint with the
U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), asking it to investigate the
potential threat to consumer privacy posed by Google's . . .
Breach may violate U.S. Privacy Act.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)
For years, the U.S. Agriculture Department has publicly listed the
Social Security numbers of tens of thousands of people who received
financial aid from two of its agencies. Even more troubling, . . .
BBC to create digital human archive.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)(Brief article)
The British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) announced plans to create a
massive archive that will represent the most complete picture of
humankind ever assembled. The BBC said it will collect the . . .
Strategic ECM boosts profits.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)(enterprise content management )
For most organizations, information chaos--what happens when large
amounts of unstructured content hamper their ability to effectively
manage and control data--is the rule rather than the exception . . .
Canada to credential privacy specialists.(UP FRONT: News, Trends
& Analysis)(Canadian Access and Privacy Association and Canadia
The Canadian Access and Privacy Association (CAPA) and the Canadian
Association of Professional Access and Privacy Administrators (CAPAPA)
are working to create a new occupational certification for . . .
NARA intern sold documents on eBay.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)
In April, a National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
intern pleaded guilty to one federal count of stealing government
property. Federal prosecutors said he stole 164 valuable . . .
Colorado reduces records fees.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)(Brief article)
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Colorado's copy fees for open records are no longer the
highest in the country. Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter recently signed a bill
reducing the amount public entities can . . .
Church, partners open online archive.(UP FRONT: News, Trends
& Analysis)(Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints )
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints (LDS) is partnering
with various archives, libraries, and genealogy websites to open an
online database containing billions of family-history records . . .
FCC imposes pretexting rules.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)
On the heels of the U.S. Congress enacting legislation to make
pretexting --impersonating an individual to gain access to their
personal information without their consent--illegal, the . . .
Americans prefer electronic health records.(UP FRONT: News,
Trends & Analysis)(Brief article)
A national survey reveals that the majority of Americans would
prefer physicians and insurance companies that use electronic medical
records over those that do not.
Healthcare giant Kaiser . . .
NIST issues RFID guidelines.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)(National Institute of Standards and Technology )
Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, also called
"smart tags," potentially can improve corporate logistics,
change cost structures, and improve current levels of product safety . . .
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