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Chronicle of a Records Manager: Controlling the Chaos of Disaster Response and Recovery

ARMA International

In the field of records management, there are logistical and large-scale projects that can challenge and perplex RIM professionals. Some projects may require the advice of professionals who have managed a similar project in the past. The Office of Archives and Records (OAR) is the official repository for the records of the ANO.

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Documenting the Premature Destruction of Local Government Records

The Texas Record

This is a wind-up to say that all of these factors can lead to records being lost before their retention requirements have been fulfilled. State agencies will file an RMD 102: Authority to Dispose of State Records with TSLAC in these instances. But these records have not. Quantity of affected records.

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FAQ Redux: Can a state agency destroy a paper original after scanning?

The Texas Record

While there is not an explicit paragraph in the rules stating that any record can be store electronically, in Section 6.92(4), While there is not an explicit paragraph in the rules stating that any record can be store electronically, in Section 6.92(4),

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Documenting the Premature Destruction of Local Government Records

The Texas Record

This is a wind-up to say that all of these factors can lead to records being lost before their retention requirements have been fulfilled. State agencies will file an RMD 102: Authority to Dispose of State Records with TSLAC in these instances. But these records have not. Quantity of affected records.

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AI, Records, and Accountability

ARMA International

Records management should have a role in addressing some of the risks posed by AI given its mission of creating reliable records and its ethical core value of promoting accountability. Both issue areas involve complicated questions of responsibility that require the capture of a reliable and understandable record.

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Finding the treasure in governement information management

CILIP

Asked why he chose the Civil Service above other areas of librarianship, David says: “It is just so interesting… it puts you in the centre of constantly changing challenges while offering unparalleled opportunities to move between librarianship, records management, knowledge management, information governance throughout your career.”

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Part 1: OMG! Not another digital transformation article! Is it about understanding the business drivers?

ARMA International

Part 2 will discuss the critical factors for a successful DT journey, because organizations need to do a “mind-shift” from traditional records and information management (RIM) practices to content services (CS). This means imaging the “art of the possible” for a new future using a cloud computing model to deliver transformative change.