Many federal agencies are engaged in a fast and furious effort to scan and convert thousands upon thousands of paper records into digital files. Many of these files are likely no longer official records and the rush to meet the OMB M-23-07 Transition to Electronic Records Directive will likely create an electronic clutter field in your Share Drive, SharePoint Site Collection or Cloud-based Storage Service. The directive still does not speak to the need for modernizing how an agency will manage and control electronic records through the Records Life Cycle – Post Conversion! Modernization of Re ..read more

A records process model offers benefits to any organization that is moving towards electronic record keeping. Today’s government agencies and commercial organizations are actively deploying more and more mobile applications which generate lots of data that becomes evidentiary information that substantiates as a Business Record. The volume of data being generated from Mobile Devices and Applications as well as electronic information created by Enterprise Information Systems provides the foundation for managing the business processes that generate Electronic Records. It also provides the framewo ..read more

You've all heard the buzz by now about crypto currency and the main technology underlying it, Block Chain. Simply put, it's a secure means of conducting business over a closed user group electronic network. How will it help or hurt your organization in providing the distribution and release of funds to your employees and co-workers? At the root of these technologies are two impact areas: Defining a strategy to identify, locate and collect the Digital Information that defines an Official Block Chain Record. Creating a Program Plan to manage the Digital Records Life Cycle for disruptive Technol ..read more