Q&A: President Obama's Memorandum On Records Management

February 2nd, 2012

Brian W. Hill

With contributors:

Summary

President Obama's November 2011 memorandum on managing government records directly affects US federal government agencies and will ultimately have significant impact on enterprises in a variety of vertical markets. In response, security and risk (S&R) leaders should refocus attention on records management (RM) programs and be prepared to take strategic steps stemming from an RM directive anticipated this summer. In making these RM plans, S&R leaders should factor in how to improve eDiscovery processes and monitor cloud-based RM applications as they mature.

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