What Is Era 2.0? The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) had initiated efforts to modernize and upgrade its Electronic Records Archives (ERA) system to ERA 2.0. NARA uses ERA to preserve and manage U.S. [...]

Ethical records management serves as the backbone of a reliable and, ultimately, trustable information system. By contrast, loss of trust can disrupt the flow of reliable and accurate information within an organization, compromise decision-making processes, [...]

Government agencies are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to update records management processes. The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), for example, has indicated interest in using AI systems to auto-fill metadata and [...]

Federal records managers must understand a huge range of laws governing records management in the federal government to ensure compliance, accountability, and the preservation of vital information. Understanding the complex legal framework prevents potential violations, [...]

Electronic records management comes with a key challenge that analog records rarely face: what’s the best format for the record for long-term storage? When it comes to something like paper documents, the question doesn’t even [...]

As the number of federal records continues to increase, and agencies are required to create and maintain electronic versions of a larger portion of these documents, it’s important to choose “sustainable formats.” In other words, [...]

A good records management program is worthless if no one uses it as intended. Worse, there’s more at stake to non-compliance than just running into inefficiencies and increased errors. Non-compliance can also run afoul of [...]