Future federal electronic records management may be overseen by a Federal Records Council that would support agencies' efforts to implement the 2002 E-Government Act. A new report from the Electronic ...

New regulatory requirements along with high-profile court cases and jail sentences have made records management a top concern for many financial services companies-with good reason. Few people have a ...

New regulations, the threat of litigation and the uncertain costs of compliance place company record-keeping, content and data management practices under unprecedented scrutiny. Organizations today ...

Companies are giving their records management programs a makeover, and not for the reasons you may think. What used to be a sleepy back-office legal department function is now front and center, often ...

In the process of establishing the ISO 15489 standard, the ISO committee also formulated guidelines to implementing a sustainable records management programme across a broad spectrum of industries, ...

Companies routinely face decisions on what information should be retained, what information should be maintained, and what information, if any, must be preserved. Many companies make these decisions ...

Enhanced training programs will promote the integration of records management into agencies' processes, according to a report on barriers to effective governmentwide records management. In the report, ...

Federal agencies have made great strides in modernizing their records management programs and practices in recent years, but the changes have been slow and key federal managers still lack confidence ...

Following policies and procedures to ensure that information is handled responsibly and securely, especially where personal data is being handled. Carrying out retention and disposal activities in ...

A retention schedule is a control document. It sets out the classes of records which Queen Mary retains and the length of time these are retained before a final disposition action is taken (i.e.