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Understanding and Documenting the Basis of Retention Periods

Written by on March 18, 2024. Posted in Retention.

The business world is dynamic: people come and go, laws change, and business requirements change, but having a history of why your organization is retaining or deleting a record after a certain period of time will make it more comprehensible...

The Conundrum of Events-Based Retention Periods

Written by on November 6, 2023. Posted in Retention, Retention Management.

Is Schroedinger’s cat alive or dead? The answer in quantum mechanics is that both are true. Is a record subject to retention or disposition? Again, both can be true at once and no more so than when records are existing within event-based periods....

Five Obstacles to IG Policy Approval

Written by Lewis S. Eisen on September 5, 2023. Posted in Information Governance, Policy, Uncategorized.

In the best circumstances, a well-crafted draft IG policy will sail through an approval process like a ship in warm water with strong breezes. Too often, though, the proposed policy hits an iceberg, which stops it in its tracks. At best, there’s...

Staying Ahead of the Curve: 6 Top Legal Tech Trends to Watch in 2023

Written by on August 7, 2023. Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Legal, Uncategorized.

The legal industry has earned its cautious reputation to “watch and wait” before adopting technology. But forward-looking organizations are increasingly turning to technology to automate processes, streamline operations, enhance customer service and...

Hello. Goodbye… Goodbye. Hello

Written by on July 17, 2023. Posted in Legal, Migration, Mobility, Uncategorized.

Why matter mobility management should now be a key competence for law firms Law firms need to get better at matter mobility for two reasons: it’s happening with increased frequency, plus poor matter mobility management can have significant negative...

Records Managers—Become the Easy, Adjustable, Reliable Tool of the Organization

Written by Tom Corey on June 19, 2023. Posted in Collaboration, Information Governance, Information Management, Records Management, Uncategorized.

Records managers, compliance, finance, information technology, legal, and privacy departments are all concerned with the proper management of information. For records managers, though, their primary focus is the proper management of information. For...

IG Policies: What is Good Content?

Written by Lewis S. Eisen on May 8, 2023. Posted in Content, Policy, Uncategorized.

“Can anyone share their policy on…?” Hang around the myARMA community long enough and you’ll see this question pop up time and time again. On …retention …data …privacy …security—you name it, and someone has put out feelers to find a policy to use...

Four Risk Mitigation Strategies for Effective Project Management

Written by on February 10, 2023. Posted in Risk Management, Uncategorized.

Effective project management requires a proactive approach to mitigating risk. Here are some proven strategies for making sure your projects stay on track. When beginning the planning phase of a project, one of the first things to consider is what...

The Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence

Written by on October 10, 2022. Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Data, Data Analytics, Ethics, Uncategorized.

Michael Haley, President of ARMA International; Michael Quartararo, President of ACEDS E-Discovery; and George Socha, Senior Vice President of Brand Awareness at Reveal participated in a webinar earlier this year on the ethical use of artificial intelligence. In...

Build and Sustain Your Records Program with a Records Management Playbook

Written by on September 26, 2022. Posted in Records Management, Records Strategy, Uncategorized.

What if your organization’s entire records team won the lottery today and quit? What would happen to your records program? How long would it take your organization to rebuild the team from scratch? If you had a records management playbook in place,...