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, ...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17-- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Health Administration issued the following directive (6300.01): 1. REASON FOR ISSUE: This Veterans Health Administration (VHA) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

April is Records and Information Management Month. For the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command workforce, the observance is an opportune time to recognize that records management is not just about ...

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 ...

Johannesburg — Every executive should, by now, realise the importance of complying with new reporting and governance regulations. But how many have investigated whether their companies can deal with ...

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.