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7 Questions Guide RIM Strategy & Implementation

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Web seminar offered in cooperation with ARMA International attracts 1186 registrants! The webinar remains available online to members of ARMA. Visit: http://www.arma.org "Seven Questions Guiding Records Management Strategy & Implementation" presents the key questions to address business needs and the essential questions that inform management of the recorded information resource.

E-papier, sera-t-il chinois ?

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Si la normalisation de la production du papier est codifiée vers 105 après J.C. dans les Annales du Céleste Empire par le ministre de l'Agriculture, Tsaï Lun, son utilisation est attestée depuis la formation de l'Empire Han au IIème siècle avant J.C. Tsaï Lun introduisit peut-être un nouveau procédé, le papier de linge, préconisant en plus du traditionnel chanvre, l'usage du lin, de fibres de bambou et de l'écorce de mûrier. L'art de la fabrication du papier restera chinois et japonais jusqu'au VIIème siècle, où il passe chez les arabes qui petit à petit le diffuseront en Occident.

Buy a used MP3 player, get US military classifed data

Amid claims that knowledge and records management are just too difficult for leaders to grasp, businesses, health providers and governments large and small continue to demonstrate that your information in their hands is just not safe. Classified data from a US Military source, purchased in an Oklahoma thrift shop by a New Zealander, is just the latest.

KRM: The Convergence of People and Information Content

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Knowledge Resource Management (KRM): the Convergence of People and Information Content Presented at the Enterprise Content Management & Collaboration Summit, November 7, 2008, Hong Kong Convention Centre.

Basel II Breaking News

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As members of the Basel II Compliance Professionals Association, it is gratifying to learn that the government of China has moved its compliance schedule ahead a full year.

When technologies become relics, what happens to the data?

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Experts worry that items preserved in digital form may not be readily accessible in the future because the equipment and software needed to read them will become obsolete. Recent scandals in the USA provoke this New York Time article on accountability in government. But it's not just government that faces this challenge.

Familiar "massive failure" begs for RIM expertise

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The unsecured details of 10,000 prolific offenders and data on all 84,000 prisoners in England and Wales are at issue in yet another example of failure to grasp that records management is fundamental. IT security is a must, but the scandals including the Andersen/Enron debacle, the recent Broadcom vs. Qualcomm and Hong Kong's own Hospital Authority breaches are more about governance, managerial competency building and the organisational culture's valuing of accurate, evidence-based practice.

4 Easy Questions

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4 Easy Questions

A RIM Reality Check

The following questions may offer a happy confirmation of your business practices--or cause for reflection!
We hope you find them interesting and welcome your feedback.

All questions are required. If "other" is selcted, please add your comment.

Questions marked with a * are required.

 
*1. Does your business or organisation have corporate policy that governs the management and retention of information resources created/received and retained in multiple media types (such as paper, digital photographs, electronic files and emails)?
Yes, our policy explicitly addresses information holdings in all media.
No, do not have a policy that specifically covers all media types and formats.
No, we have a policy governing confidentiality, but retention and multimedia records are not explicitly addressed.
!Other 
 
*2. Does your classification scheme provide clear and easy to understand descriptions of information and record holdings and explicit guidance on retention periods and disposal requirements?
Yes, we have an enterprise-wide classification scheme covers all information resources. It details exactly how long records should be retained.
No, individual units manage information resources according to local needs. There is no systematic approach to managing corporate risk or opportunity related to recorded information assets.
No, in our business, classification is strictly a matter of security. We do not manage information content systematically to protect against corporate liability and risk.
!Other 
 
*3. Does your technology systems strategy enable the business to identify and pull together all information related to a subject, person, place, thing or time, regardless of the storage media?
Yes, we design our systems and capture metadata to support effective retrieval for legal discovery and compliance audit.
No, our systems focus on workflows and active process needs. We can allocate resources to design a routine to retrieve more data if needed, but this may not include records outside the specific system.
!Other 
 
*4. Does your staff training program include effective records and information management training?
No, we do not provide training on how to manage recorded information resources in accord with its value to business.
Yes, we provide training in records management and know it is effective because we measure after-training improvement in staff performance.
Partially, training is provided on managing records but we do not know whether the training delivers specific, measureable outcomes.
!Other 
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