by Lyell Marks | Mar 4, 2022
What is Microfilm: Remember taking the black and white negatives from your 35mm camera to the local store to be developed? Microfilm goes through a similar process, but in the reverse order—rather than developing film into large images or pictures, documents and...
by Lyell Marks | Jan 21, 2022
The foundational concepts of ensuring “the record” meets the standards embodied in The Principles are not dependent on format; they apply when the document “records” business information. The tools used in the paper world were cumbersome: paper folders take up space,...
by Lyell Marks | Dec 9, 2021
There used to be a saying in business, “You can have it cheaper, faster or better. Pick two.” “Pick two” is no longer competitive. Customers, shareholders and stakeholders expect all three—all the time. In the early 2000’s, companies invested heavily in information...
by Lyell Marks | Nov 30, 2021
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, nearly all companies and organizations were abruptly forced to transition portions of, and in many cases, their entire workforce, to remote work. It seems that many companies have adjusted to this “new normal” and settled in,...
by Lyell Marks | Nov 9, 2021
WHAT IS A RETENTION SCHEDULE? A records retention schedule is the cornerstone of an effective information governance program. It is a policy document that defines an organization’s legal, operational, historical and compliance recordkeeping requirements,...
by Lyell Marks | Nov 5, 2021
The Problem The goal of this initial project was to implement a fully compliant Trusted System process for accounting records containing Protected Health Information (PHI) and Personally Identifiable Information (PII) content. With the Trusted System mandate on the...
