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Records Management: Huge Task in Preserving National Records

By Dick Weisinger

The National Archives, long-term preservationists of important US historical documents and records, often serves as an example for industry and organizations for how best to manage and archive documents and records.  So it comes as a bit of an embarrassment

Compliance and Records Management: Less than a Quarter of Companies Follow Through on Data Retention Policies

By Dick Weisinger

Most companies understand the fundamentals of Compliance and Records Management.  As many as 98 percent of large Fortune 1000 companies say that they understand the importance of the notion of record retention and destruction.  The problem is though that companies

Records Management: Renewed Interest

By Dick Weisinger

Business crisis headlines like those coming from the Toyota recall, the BP oil disaster, and the turmoil in the financial markets have made many company executives much more cognizant of risks in business.  As many as 83 percent of companies

Records Management: NARA's Guidance on Web 2.0

By Dick Weisinger

In an effort to answer frequent questions like ‘Is a Tweet a Record?’, the National Archives (NARA) has recently published a report that describes what federal agencies need to do to comply with Web 2.0 content.  The important point that

Records Management: Government Agencies Need Policy Around Social Media

By Dick Weisinger

Despite the challenges that government agencies face in adopting new web-based technologies like Web 2.0 and Social Media, adoption of these technologies within the government is increasing.  Privacy, security, records management and freedom of information have all been big stumbling