Most U.S. federal agencies have now submitted their annual Senior Agency Official for Records Management (SAORM) reports for 2020 to the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). This year’s questionnaire included a new and [...]

The ongoing digitization effort throughout the U.S. government poses many challenges for government agencies and the organizations that work with them. These organizations must acquire the right tools, find enough budget to meet an unfunded [...]

Digitizing is difficult even under the best circumstances. Federal records managers may be facing an even steeper challenge. They’re also having to comply with the aggressive schedule set by the U.S. National Archives and Records [...]

“There never are enough resources,” says one federal records management specialist of the drive to convert to electronic records management. Federal agencies are under the gun: they are facing an ambitious (and unfunded) mandate to [...]

Failures related to records management can be very serious. When records are not managed properly, agencies and other organizations can fall out of compliance with federal or state laws, make themselves vulnerable to legal action [...]

Social media presents unique issues for federal records managers trying to figure out how to collect, manage, and preserve these digitally complex records. As far back as 2011, the government has been assessing how to [...]

Cyberattacks targeting the U.S. government are growing in frequency, sophistication, and severity. In 2020, for example, a massive attack successfully breached nine agencies and hundreds of private companies that work with governments around the world. [...]