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How to Evaluate Technologies and Companies for Public Records/FOIA Requests

eDiscovery Daily

Here are some questions to ask a technology company you are looking to work with to help solve FOIA and request management issues. Does the platform offer features for securely redacting sensitive information from documents? What measures does the platform have in place to ensure data security and protect against unauthorized access?

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How eDiscovery Technology and Workflows Speed Public Records Requests Response

eDiscovery Daily

By Rick Clark In the two separate worlds of legal processes and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)/public records requests, eDiscovery technology and standard workflows have emerged as powerful ways to streamline operations and ensure compliance. Search and review processes are central to both FOIA requests and eDiscovery workflows.

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Directive M-19-21: What it is and How to Achieve Compliance

AIIM

While the full mandate can be accessed here , some key points of M-19-21 are : Federal agencies should manage all permanent electronic records in an electronic format by 2019. Automated system/s to capture, categorize and securely retain electronic content and metadata.

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CISA: “We don’t stab the wounded.”

Data Matters

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”), repeatedly emphasizes CISA’s cooperative approach with the U.S. Instead, she described the Agency as a coequal partner with the private sector in securing U.S. Jen Easterly, Director of the U.S. private sector. infrastructure.

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Archives Records 2018 RMS Annual Meeting

The Schedule

The second speaker was Nate Jones, Director of the FOIA Project for the National Security Archive. He titled his talk “The ‘Indiana Jones Warehouse’: Records Appraisal, Purgatory, and Accession.” Nate Jones, Director of the FOIA Project at the National Security Archives, addresses attendees.

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4 Steps in Streamlining Open Records Requests

Gimmal

For these types of requests, which go by a variety of names like FOIA, Public Records Requests, and Sunshine Laws, being proactive is not only an essential step in an excellent open records process; it becomes critical when you are working with tight deadlines and limited resources. Who controls, modifies, and accesses the information?

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Michigan Adopts National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law

Data Matters

On December 28, 2018, Michigan adopted the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law in the form of Michigan H.B. FOIA Protections. The Act does not, of course, supersede federal privacy or data security laws, such as HIPAA. 6491 (Act). MCL § 500.550. MCL § 500.550.