Businesses today are facing a variety of challenges when it comes to managing and safeguarding their information.

There is a sign in the break room—“Your mother does not work here. Clean up after yourself.” This chunk of wisdom can be applied not only to the communal microwave, but also to your inbox.

Records retention schedule tools are beneficial for all types of organizations. They can be helpful when it comes to organizing documentation that will need to be available to access during certain times (i.e. documents for tax purposes,  policy updates, and gathering financial material) and they can keep your company compliant, avoiding costly legal issues. But […]

Performing duties at your job may not be an easy feat. Thinking about all the tasks you have to do, such as managing staff and making sure your customers are happy is enough to make your head spin. Oh, and let’s not forget the paperwork and all the data and information that needs to be […]

Records Express, the official blog of the Office of the Chief Records Officer at the National Archives, has announced the release of the 2012 Records Management Self-Assessment (RMSA).

In part 1 of our “When Disaster Strikes” series, we discussed what a vital record is. In this part, we will discuss steps you can take to protect those vital records.

Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast in 2005.  Last year, Hurricane Sandy struck the New Jersey shore with a ravaging blow, also creating damage and chaos in parts of New York City, and in the past weeks, large swaths of destruction were created in the paths of tornadoes, including the EF5 storm that struck Moore, […]

April is Records and Information Management (RIM) Month, and it gives us a chance to celebrate the people and processes that keep us all in business.  Led by ARMA International, RIM Month has local ARMA chapters all over the country celebrate by raising awareness of the importance of records and information management through posters, seminars […]