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Posted on Oct 27, 2009 in Records Management News

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There are four doc­u­ments in the toolkit:

1 Are you mak­ing a sound invest­ment in iden­ti­fy­ing and pro­tect­ing your vital records? The lack of a sound vital record preser­va­tion pro­gram can be a real Achilles heel for an orga­ni­za­tion – expos­ing it to con­sid­er­able finan­cial, com­pli­ance and busi­ness con­ti­nu­ity risks, as well as poten­tial dam­age to its reputation.

2 What does your records reten­tion pol­icy look like? A records reten­tion sched­ule is the cor­ner­stone of an effec­tive records man­age­ment pro­gram. Estab­lish­ing how long to retain records requires the devel­op­ment and imple­men­ta­tion of a cred­i­ble records reten­tion pol­icy. Orga­ni­za­tions are also advised to drive towards con­sis­tency in every aspect of reten­tion management.

3 Is your com­pany fully pro­tected? Orga­ni­za­tions are see­ing an increase in tempt­ing offers from ven­dors solic­it­ing their dis­carded paper records in exchange for free or inex­pen­sive disposal. Unless a vendor’s pro­ce­dures pass legal muster under state and fed­eral statutes and reg­u­la­tions, the ser­vices offered may rep­re­sent more than just false econ­omy to the unin­formed customer.

4 Does your orga­ni­za­tion have an effec­tive data pro­tec­tion and recov­ery strat­egy? The key for any orga­ni­za­tion – regard­less of size or indus­try – is to imple­ment a data pro­tec­tion pro­gram that mit­i­gates busi­ness risks, reduces costs, increases com­pli­ance, and helps improve over­all busi­ness ser­vice levels.

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New ARMA On-line course for Records Retention and Disposition

Posted on Oct 27, 2009 in Records Management News

http://www.prweb.com/releases/ARMA_International/Online_Course/prweb3114214. htm

Pro­tect­ing Orga­ni­za­tions through Records Reten­tion and Disposition

ARMA Inter­na­tional Announces New Online Course

(Vocus http://www.vocus.com /PRWEB http://www.prweb.com/ ) Octo­ber 27, 2009 — The deci­sion of whether to keep or dis­card paper and elec­tronic records is not one to be taken lightly. Records reten­tion and dis­po­si­tion requires a defined, sys­tem­atic approach to avoid the pit­falls and risks asso­ci­ated with lit­i­ga­tion. Each orga­ni­za­tion should be tak­ing the nec­es­sary steps to pro­tect them­selves by ensur­ing they are not destroy­ing records too soon. ARMA International’s newest online course Records Reten­tion and Dis­po­si­tion is the per­fect resource for cre­at­ing and imple­ment­ing a records man­age­ment pro­gram that includes an effec­tive reten­tion schedule.

News ImageThis 90-minute online course pro­vides a well-rounded intro­duc­tion to the value and the­ory of records man­age­ment; the basic skills of records inven­tory, reten­tion sched­ul­ing, clas­si­fi­ca­tion, stor­age; and in plan­ning and man­ag­ing a records man­age­ment pro­gram. It offers an overview of records man­age­ment ter­mi­nol­ogy, con­cepts, and pro­ce­dures to suc­cess­fully man­age records in today’s busi­ness environment.

Records Reten­tion and Dis­po­si­tion is full of prac­ti­cal, real-world solu­tions that can be put to work imme­di­ately. Indi­vid­u­als who com­plete the course will be able to:

§ Describe the pur­pose and ben­e­fits of a records reten­tion and dis­po­si­tion program

§ Plan and imple­ment a records inventory

§ Develop a reten­tion sched­ule based on inven­tory results and other considerations

§ Deter­mine the appro­pri­ate method of records dis­po­si­tion for a par­tic­u­lar record

Each sec­tion con­tains learn­ing objec­tives, audio, and review ques­tions, as well as print­able course notes for easy offline read­ing and review. For more infor­ma­tion and to reg­is­ter, visit http://www.arma.org/learningcenter/onlinecourses/retentioncourse.cfm.

About ARMA Inter­na­tional ARMA Inter­na­tional http://www.arma.org/ (www.arma.org) is a not-for-profit pro­fes­sional asso­ci­a­tion and the author­ity on man­ag­ing records and infor­ma­tion. It is known world­wide for set­ting stan­dards and best prac­tices, and for pro­vid­ing com­pre­hen­sive edu­ca­tion, pub­li­ca­tions, and infor­ma­tion on the effi­cient main­te­nance, retrieval, and preser­va­tion of vital infor­ma­tion cre­ated in pub­lic and pri­vate orga­ni­za­tions in all sec­tors of the econ­omy. Formed in 1955, ARMA Inter­na­tional is the old­est and largest asso­ci­a­tion for the records and infor­ma­tion man­age­ment pro­fes­sion http://www.arma.org/ with a cur­rent inter­na­tional mem­ber­ship of more than 11,000. It also pub­lishes the Infor­ma­tion Man­age­ment mag­a­zine http://www.arma.org/imj/index.cfm .

Con­tact: Ash­ley Flynn ARMA Inter­na­tional 913.312.5561

Read more here: http://www.prweb.com/releases/ARMA_International/Online_Course/prweb3114214. htm

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