Can Federal Agencies Still Meet NARA’s 2022 Deadline? NARA is Assessing
The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) still expects federal agencies to submit all records in electronic format by December 2022. But, with the COVID-19 pandemic still ongoing after more than a year, is [...]
Digital Obsolescence: What To Do When the Software That Created a Record Goes Obsolete
Once upon a time, records managers only needed to worry about a finite number of records formats, mostly paper and analog documents. That’s not true anymore. In today’s digital world, the number and variety of [...]
Records Management & Work Technologies: Good Governance is Key to Success
When it comes to records creation, management, and oversight, many work-related technology platforms are a double-edged sword. These platforms – which can be anything from productivity suites to communication technologies – typically offer features that [...]
What Are the Skills Needed for Records Managers to Transition to Electronic Record-keeping?
The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has set an incredibly ambitious deadline for the federal government’s digitization effort: all records must be submitted in digital format by the end of 2022. And unfortunately, [...]
The Quirks and Complexities of Records Schedules and Records Retention, and How They Affect the Digitization Effort
Records schedules are a key element of any governmental records management system. Essentially formalized instructions for the disposition of records, they guide agencies in how to handle records and how long to keep different kinds [...]
Defensible Destruction 101: What Every Records Manager Needs to Know
Records destruction is an integral part of any records management process. Not every record will be destroyed – many will be archived indefinitely – but others have a natural lifecycle that ends with the destruction [...]
Setting Priorities When Overwhelmed By Electronic Records Management
The 2022 deadline set by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration for government agencies to submit all records in electronic format continues to inch ever closer. Already challenged by the ambitious deadline, many agencies [...]