Are you up to the challenge?(Special Section)
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In today's competitive marketplace, being good isn't
enough. You have to be better. Better business demands better records
and information management.
The heat is on as . . .
Book review: viewing records as business objects.(Domesticating
Information: Managing Documents Inside the Organization)(Book
re
TITLE: Domesticating Information: Managing Documents Inside the
Organization
AUTHOR: Carol E.B. Choksy
PUBLISHER: The Scarecrow Press Inc.
PUBLICATION DATE: 2006
LENGTH: 250 pages
PRICE: . . .
Protecting personal privacy in the global business environment:
in the electronic world, protecting personally identifiable info
Because records of individual customers or potential customers
often have high market value, personally identifiable information has
been described as the world's new currency. With the global . . .
Freedom of information in the U.K., U.S., and Canada: freedom of
information (FOI) laws are becoming more prevalent throughout t
The following article is based on a research report written for the
ARMA International Educational Foundation in 2006. The complete report
may be downloaded free at www.armaedfoundation.org.
Over . . .
Evolving the records management culture: from ad hoc to adherence
implementing an enterprise-wide records management program req
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Prior to implementing a records management program, an organization
is dependent on its staff members to manage records through ad hoc and
person-dependent methods. They . . .
Cost/benefit analysis for implementing ECM, BPM systems:
determining the ROI for a significant investment, such as adopting an
E
The adoption of enterprise content management (ECM) and business
process management (BPM) systems is often spurred by regulatory and
compliance concerns. As Thomas Hogan, Vignette president and . . .
RU ready for IM? To take advantage of instant messaging's
benefits and overcome its challenges, organizations must implement
pro
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Instant messaging, or "IM," is considered a dirty word in
many organizations--when it is considered at all--and for good reason.
As IM usage continues to grow, IM clients . . .
Protecting information from insiders: although organizations are
making strides in protecting their sensitive information from o
In recent months, insider data theft stories have been grabbing
headlines from tales of stolen laptops. Despite the growing risk,
however, many businesses--even the biggest and most well known--are . . .
NARA opens first e-records vault in Texas.(UP FRONT: News, Trends
& Analysis)(National Archives and Records Administration )(Bri
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) opened the
doors to the first federal electronic records vault March 2 in Fort
Worth, Texas.
The new Southwest Region Federal Records . . .
Canada passes new terrorism law.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)(Brief article)
Canadian Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart now has new
oversight responsibilities under the recently enacted Proceeds of Crime
and Terrorist Financing Act (Bill C-25). Under the new law, . . .
Texas AG issues records mandate.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)
In Texas, it is now a crime for government officials to release
public records containing Social Security numbers.
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According to a recent legal opinion issued by Texas . . .
Iraq library struggles to survive.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)(Brief article)
Sa'ad Eskander, director of Iraq's National Library in
Baghdad, braves bullets and bombs to do his job each day.
The National Library--located on Haifa Street, one of the most
dangerous in . . .
U.S. paper use shrinks, a bit.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)(Brief article)
Electronic document technologies--such as e-mail, PDF, and instant
messaging--may be causing businesses' paper use in the United
States to decline. According to InfoTrends/ CAP Ventures, a . . .
States say no to REAL ID.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)
A growing number of U.S. states are rejecting the REAL ID Act, a
federal law passed in 2005 that mandates the creation of standardized
driver's licenses nationwide in an attempt to thwart terrorism . . .
WWI British Army records online.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)(Brief article)
The service and pension records of 2.5 million soldiers who fought
in the British army in World War I are now available online for the
first time, thanks to an agreement between Ancestry.co.uk and . . .
Library of Congress to digitize brittle books.(UP FRONT: News,
Trends & Analysis)
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded the Library of Congress
a $2 million grant to digitize thousands of public-domain works,
focusing on at-risk "brittle books" and U.S. history volumes.
. . .
E-discovery expectations.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)(Brief article)
For those companies that are not adequately prepared for
e-discovery, here are some sobering statistics from The National Law
Journal:
* Sixty to 70 percent of all corporate data reside in or . . .
ABA: lawyers can search metadata.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)(American Bar Association )
For records departments already worried about complying with
government regulations and potential litigation, here's another
thing to lose sleep over: the American Bar Association (ABA) . . .
Is Europe shifting its privacy stance?(UP FRONT: News, Trends
& Analysis)
In 2009, the European Union's (EU) Data Retention Directive
will go into effect. But a few EU nations are already announcing their
interpretations of the mandate, which requires phone and . . .
The digital data explosion.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)(Brief article)
According to a new IDC study, the world generated 161 billion
gigabytes--161 exabytes--of digital data last year. While storage space
is plentiful and continues to get cheaper, that's still a whole . . .
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