This issue focuses on information governance and what it means to your organization. Information governance has to do with an organization’s ability to effectively manage and use its information to meet its goals. This begins with implementing comprehensive records management systems, policies, and procedures to gain control of information assets, which will help:

  • Drive value – by providing the ability to leverage information for effective operations while simultaneously minimizing costs and risks
  • Advance collaboration – by creating a framework for legal, IT, and records and information management to define a unified approach to meeting information needs
  • Provide transparency – by providing context for business transactions and demonstrating the quality and credibility of information
  • Mitigate risk – by ensuring information is handled properly

Managing records and information according to the Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles® (GARP®) will help an organization ensure effective information governance.

If you have thoughts or comments, please let me know. Enjoy this issue!

Amy Lanter,
Managing Editor

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IM September-October 2010

  • Complete PDF Version of September-October 2010 (8MB)

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  • Grasping Legal Holds: What Organizations Need to Know

    (PDF) Several high-profile decisions make it clear that courts expect organizations to manage legal holds competently and will issue sanctions against those that do not. Taking the steps outlined in this article will ensure your organization is well-prepared.

  • Exploring Data Loss Prevention Systems for Legal Holds and E-Discovery

    (PDF) Data loss prevention (DLP) systems police electronic communications to prevent intellectual property and a variety of other sensitive information from falling into the wrong hands. This article addresses the challenge to records and information management, legal, and IT professionals, who must work together to ensure that the information DLP systems capture is addressed properly to meet the organization’s legal holds and discovery requirements.

  • Analyst Corner: E-Discovery and Regulatory Demands Ramp Up Tech Adoption Plans

    (PDF) Results from this Forrester Research and ARMA International survey highlight dissatisfaction, major technology purchasing plans, and hurdles with complexity, high costs, and synchronization.

  • Management Wise: Managing Records and Information Programs: A New Blueprint for Success

    (PDF) RIM programs need creativity, improvisation, and the ability to rapidly adapt to thrive in this turbulent environment. However, they have excellent future prospects, but steadfast, resourceful management highlighted in this article will be required to navigate and pilot them into that bright future.

  • In Review: RIM Lessons from the Brave New World of Business

    (PDF) Nelson Lichtenstein's The Retail Revoluation: How Wal-Mart Created a Brave New World of Business is examined in this article and explains why it is an important read for records and information managers interested in the increasing globalization of business practices.

  • In Review: Keys to Unlocking an Information Management Compliance Culture

    (PDF) Randolph A. Kahn and Barclay T. Blair's Information Nation: Seven Keys to Information Management Compliance, Second Ed. is reviewed and provides a rationale as to why it was written for a broad range of readers who are interested in ensuring their organization's information is properly managed.

  • Up Front

    (PDF) The latest news, trends, and analysis affecting you and your organization. (11 pages total)