Articles in: Records
Is Your Agency Ready to Achieve the M-19-21 Directive Deadline?
Understanding why government agencies struggle to meet the deadline and exploring the options for the M-19-21 Directive compliance
About less than a year from now, federal agencies in the United States must have converted their analog and paper records to electronic records. A government-wide policy from the National Archives and […]
Jan 12, 2022
3 Tips for File Share and Legacy Data Cleanup
Initial steps to starting a legacy data cleanup project
We recently shared a short video detailing a few tips on how to start a data cleanup project. In this blog, we will provide additional background and context to further assist those […]
Oct 19, 2021
File Analysis Series: ROT Reduction
Exploring the dangers of ROT files on enterprise compliance, security, and functionality
The average enterprise has hundreds of terabytes of data locked away in their on-premises and cloud servers. Data storage is only set to increase as the pandemic has organizations increasingly reliant on […]
Feb 10, 2021
Files Analysis and Records Management
Different procedures. Same goals.
Imagine you wake up Monday morning with a nasty cold. You take some medicine, wish for the best, and, when that doesn’t work, head to a doctor. Your doctor will diagnose that […]
Aug 20, 2018
Information Governance: The Game
Moving beyond the buzzwords
The tech industry is riddled with buzzwords. New phrases get coined faster than old ones can go out of style. So it’s hardly surprising that when people hear ‘information governance’ they smile […]
Jun 28, 2018
How MER 2017 is Moving the Needle
From a RIM department to a RIM-focused enterprise
As far as IG-related conferences go, I’ve always liked MER. I think most would agree the practice of governing information can seem dry at times, and MER’s understanding of the discipline as […]
May 22, 2017