How The CIP Meets The Needs Of The Continually Evolving Information Management Landscape

I said before that I would continue the blog post on “Why All RIM Professional Should Obtain the CIP,” and this is that continuation.  Information creation and delivery is constantly changing a... read more

Just Because Something Is Not An Enterprise Information Asset Does Not Stop It From Being A Liability

I recently blogged about how information governance has the role of reducing risk of indictment.  One of the questions I have been pondering lately is to what extent should those in information gov... read more

Why All RIM Professionals Should Obtain The CIP

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I am big advocate of the Information Governance Reference Model.  In the IGRM it outlines four key players and they are RIM, legal, IT and business.  As I have been studying the IGRM it has recentl... read more

The Double-Edged Sword Of ROI In Information Governance

I was recently discussing with a friend the steps to implement an information governance program.  Unfortunately creating an information governance program is not a cut and dry formulaic process.  ... read more

How To Make Implementation Of Your RIM Project Succeed

When implementing a records management, whether you are focused on paper or electronic there is one crucial factor success.  Records management is useless without change management.  If you are com... read more

NARA Proposes New General Records Schedule

The current General Records Schedule (GRS) from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is based on subjects and document types/format.  Earlier this week NARA released a proposal t... read more

The bold future of decentralized RIM becoming centralized via software

If an office wants to go to paperless or if they are creating electronic records at a rapid rate it is inevitable that their records management practices will become decentralized.  The most well i... read more

Records Management And Business Processes Must Live Together or Die Alone

The management of an organization's records is supposed to reflect business process.  Proper records management will support a business process so that a record will never be destroyed while it is ... read more

Roomba For Records

I have friends who don't enjoy vacuuming or don't enjoy this task and have instead invested in a Roomba.  The Roomba is made by iRobot and it is an autonoumous robotic vacuum.  Their moto is "Less ... read more

(Edited) For Those Studying For The CIP

Please disregard my earlier message.  This is already an AIIM group for the CIP.  You can join that group here.  The group I created has already been closed. ______________________ Earlier ... read more

Using Machine Aided Indexing To Increase Accountability

Growing up my family lived and breathed Penn State football.  We lived in South Bend, Indiana, Notre Dame country, but my dad was a PSU alumni so that was where our allegiances lived.  My kids even... read more

I Bet This Guy Wishes His Office Had A BYOD Policy

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Information Is Currency

If you follow me on Twitter, which you probably don't since I don't even need all my toes and fingers to count me follower you know my twitter handle is info_currency which is another way of saying... read more

How I Am Applying CIP Studying To Records Management

The intimidating thing about studying for the CIP is the new knowledge I am acquiring and hoping that even though I don't have those skills I'll still be able to apply them to the exam.  That also ... read more

Are You A Records Manager Or Information Governance Officer

With electronic records being everywhere, it is hard to pinpoint who exactly is the records manager.  I'd like to propose that it is more important that we move away from the title of records manag... read more

Brooklyn Nets Are Occupying IT

NBA superstar point guard Deron Williams signed a new $98 million dollar contract with the Brooklyn Nets earlier this week.  What makes this story of particular interest to informational profession... read more

Update on Records Center Collapse

The following is not for the faint of here. Previously I blogged about Recall, the offsite records storage center in the DC suburbs that had a roof collapse.  A colleague of mine is a former em... read more

Conceptual Storage (and other ERM pitfalls) Is Just As Big A Problem As Physical Storage

In my last blog post I talked about the collapse of an offsite record storage location in the DC suburbs.  Even though tragedies like this happen, it does not mean that electronic records is the ro... read more

Collapse - not only a bad record for the stock market, but also for records managers

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When managing electronic records, particularly those in the cloud, security is of utmost importance.  Paper records, because of our long history with them, have proven to be less challenging to kee... read more

Why I Am Excited To Take The CIP Exam

I am somewhat of a journeyman career-wise.  In undergraduate I pursued a useless English degree and realized that all I could do with that degree was stand on the side of the road with a sign that ... read more

The Web Isn't Dead Yet

Growing up I remember watching many cartoons, movies, TV shows, etc. where the bad guy would pretty much have the battle won, but instead of finishing off their opponent, they would gloat and stand... read more

Charlotte Bobcats Mine Big Data To Aid In NBA Draft

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If you were the president of a 7-59 NBA team you'd think that it was time to do things differently.  That is exactly what the Charlotte Bobcats did when they hired new general manager Rich Cho. ... read more