In July, some staff were fortunate enough to attend the annual NAGARA Conference in Boise, ID. One of the sessions we attended was a presentation by Holly Dolan, Assistant Manager of Records Management for Denton County. We were very impressed by the presentation and the work Denton County has done for improving outreach and promoting…
Tune in monthly for a curated collection of articles we found interesting on a broad range of topics; some which are directly related to records management and others which might share common themes. No, we didn’t write these articles —hence the name of this series, “Off the Record”— , but fortunately we didn’t need to…
You have a sneaking suspicion that your local government is not quite up to snuff when it comes to your legal responsibility to properly store paper records. You’ve seen a few boxes sitting on the floor and have often wondered if those fire sprinklers even work. You’re almost positive that you heard a mouse skittering…
Is your local government in compliance? Are you unsure of what it actually means to be in compliance? Did you know that if a government office is out of compliance then no records may be destroyed until compliance is met? The process of getting into and staying in compliance is fairly easy, so don’t worry! …
Do you have inconsistent staff resources for records management within your departments? Do you have a rising need to hire a full-time RM employee? Do you have no control over who is assigned to assist with records management? Everyone knows that running a records management program is nearly impossible to do on one’s own, but…
If you’re a newcomer to records management, you might be asking yourself some of the most basic questions a Records Management Officer faces like “What is a record?” and “Can I really destroy this?” Coming up on September 29, we’ll be running a webinar just for you called Records Retention 101! This webinar event will…
Torrential rain blanketed your town, the nearby creek quickly swelled beyond its banks, and water seeped into your facility. Maybe you store your records near the restroom (we’ve heard stories) and a plumbing mishap/malfunction flooded your storage area. Perhaps your HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning) system failed over the weekend and the humid conditions caused…
Email is a convenient medium for government communication, but managing it presents one of the biggest challenges of modern records management. We are offering our popular (and free!) email webinar again, but we have so much new information to share with you that we are expanding it into two webinars. Email Management: Part I Part…