How to Secure Electronic Records

Since 2014, over 440 breaches of government data in the U.S. have exposed nearly 169 million records, according to a study from technology research website Comparitech. That figure doesn’t even touch on data breaches that remain undiscovered, nor on other security issues that can impact government records. Meanwhile, even as the slow but sure transition [...]

By |2024-09-11T17:22:54-04:00December 16th, 2019|News|0 Comments

What Does NARA’s New 2022 Requirement Mean for Originals?

On June 28, the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) established a new rule for federal agencies: “By December 31, 2022, all permanent records in Federal agencies will be managed electronically to the fullest extent possible for eventual transfer and accessioning by NARA in an electronic format.” That means after 2022 agencies will be [...]

By |2024-09-11T17:22:54-04:00December 15th, 2019|News|0 Comments

What Does NARA Mean About Closing Agency-run Records Storage Facilities?

The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration’s (NARA) recently updated guidelines for federal records management include a provision ending the use of agency-run storage facilities for analog records. Specifically, Section 1.3 of OMB/NARA M-19-21 mandates that federal agencies must close any agency-operated Records Storage Facilities (RSF) in favor of using either NARA-approved Federal Records Centers [...]

By |2024-09-11T17:22:54-04:00November 11th, 2019|News|0 Comments

What is Unified Records Management?

With the new recently issued guidance from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) dictating that ALL records – including both permanent and temporary – be managed in electronic format by the end of 2022, does the concept of Unified Records Management (URM) still have a place in the world of government records management? [...]

By |2024-09-11T17:22:54-04:00November 8th, 2019|News|0 Comments

Spotlight: Records Management Policy Issues for Government Agencies

At the beginning of the year, we laid out a step-by-step roadmap for what Federal agencies need to do to comply with the deadline set by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) for managing all permanent electronic records electronically by December 31, 2019. With the recent expansion of these requirements to encompass all temporary [...]

By |2024-09-11T17:22:54-04:00September 16th, 2019|News|0 Comments

What Reporting Capabilities are Crucial to Federal Records Management?

In our guide to evaluating electronic records management (ERM) systems we mentioned that “all records should be discoverable.” Specifically, we noted that any ERM should enable users to perform advanced searches and create custom reports. Today, we’re going to take a deeper look at this idea and explore why reporting functionality is so critical to [...]

By |2024-09-11T17:22:54-04:00September 16th, 2019|News|0 Comments

New Guidance from OMB and NARA Expands Scope of Digitization Requirements

Since 2012, the federal government has been pushing agencies to begin managing many records in electronic format. The effort began by focusing on email with OMB Memorandum M-14-16 (“Guidance on Managing Email”) and expanded to other record types with OMB Memorandum M-12-18 (“Managing Government Records Directive”). Since then, agencies have been working towards managing all [...]

By |2024-09-11T17:22:54-04:00August 28th, 2019|News|0 Comments

Creating a Records Schedule Step by Step

Records management is not easy and if done poorly or haphazardly can consume an enormous amount of time, human capital, and budget. Records schedules help. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) defines a records schedule as “mandatory instructions for the disposition of the records.” These are documents that streamline and simplify the records management [...]

By |2024-09-11T17:22:54-04:00August 6th, 2019|News|0 Comments

PSL Named One of CIO Review’s 20 Most Promising Cloud Solutions Providers of 2019

PSL was named one of the top 20 providers for Cloud Solutions in CIOReview's 2019 rankings. Read a preview of the article below, and click on the image or link below to read the full article. "Cloud execution for digital transformation has unquestionably risen across many industries. The public sector is beginning to catch up [...]

By |2024-09-11T17:22:54-04:00August 1st, 2019|News|0 Comments

Come See PSL at Booth 414 at the 930gov Conference in Washington, DC!

Come visit PSL August 20th at the 930gov Conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC! We will be at Booth 414 with information about our leading technology solutions and services. And while you’re there, enter to win one of ten $25 gift cards! 930gov is the largest, longest-running, multi-sponsored conference and [...]

By |2024-09-11T17:22:54-04:00July 18th, 2019|News|0 Comments

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