Information Governance – ARMA Magazine

Rethinking Records: How Smarter Strategies Are Unlocking Space, Security, and Savings for Law Firms

Written by Andrew Bikowski on November 16, 2025. Posted in Digital Transformation, Digitization, Document Strategy, Documents, Information Access, Information Governance, Legal, Physical Records Management, Records Management, Retention, Risk Management.

In an industry where every square foot and every second count, paper records are more than a legacy. They are a liability. While many law firms continue to manage sprawling records rooms and offsite storage contracts, a growing number are discovering...

Whitepaper Review: From Rules to Reflex—Transforming Information Governance into a Cultural Value

Written by Jim Merrifield on September 22, 2025. Posted in Change Management, Collaboration, Communications, Education, Information Governance, Information Management, Knowledge Management, Leadership & Management Skills, Uncategorized.

Written by Jim Merrifield, ARMA Chair and Director of Information Governance and Business Intake at Robinson+Cole Having spent years helping organizations grapple with the realities of information governance (IG), I was drawn to ARMA International’s...

Do We Really Mean “Responsibility”?

Written by Lewis S. Eisen on April 7, 2025. Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Change Management, Collaboration, Communications, Compliance, Information Governance, Information Management, Policy, Uncategorized.

To make sure a house is sound, we periodically check the foundation for cracks. When we find one, we need to patch it up, because leaving it in place threatens the stability of the entire structure. What if some of the most fundamental statements...

Unlocking Dynamic Records and Information Management

Written by Kimberly Johnson on April 22, 2024. Posted in Document Management, Information, Information Governance, Information Management, Records Management, Records Strategy, Retention, Retention Management, Uncategorized.

Records and Information Management (RIM) is a business component vital to organizational success, yet it is rarely an organization’s top priority. Underpinning RIM practices at an organizational level is imperative to meeting legal requirements...

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...

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...

Legacy Disposition Program Series: Article Two—Tangible First Steps

Written by Andrew Corridore on August 29, 2022. Posted in Disposition, Document Management, Information Governance, Legal, Uncategorized.

This article is a continuation of the Legacy Disposition White Paper article series. Where article one focused on establishing the basics—defining various disposition strategies, highlighting the importance of implementing said strategies in a firm’s...

You Rolled Out Your Remote Workplace in Record Time. Now Let’s Talk Governance

Written by Steve Bynghall on August 15, 2022. Posted in Australia, Change Management, Data Governance, Information Governance, Uncategorized.

When it comes to the digital workplace, governance and expediency are not always the best of friends. Governance essentially takes a longer-term view, establishing controls, processes and rules that makes the digital workplace sustainable going forward....

The IGP Exam: New and Improved

Written by ARMA International on July 18, 2022. Posted in Information Governance, Information Management, Information Science, Information Security (Information Protection), Information Technology, Uncategorized.

As the world’s leading membership organization serving professionals who manage and govern information, ARMA is pleased to announce the release of its updated Information Governance Professional (IGP) Certification Exam. As of July 15th, 2022, professionals...

Top Information Governance Principles for your Mailroom

Written by Eric Lynn on July 4, 2022. Posted in Capture, Digitization, Document Management, Information Governance, Records Management.

Do information governance principles apply to your organization’s mailroom? Mail has typically been a perfunctory function aligned with other physical office services, but for many organizations, the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted mail to a critical—and...