AC22 | Session 21

"Exploring the Information Wilds Using the Records Alphabet"

 

OVERVIEW: Exploring the information wilds should inevitably lead one back to the basics of retention, retrieval, reduction and recovery. Without compartmentalizing it can be overwhelming and not make sense. The wilds can only be tamed by the principles: accountability, transparency, integrity, protection, compliance, availability, retention and disposition. And finally, when it is all tamed and on display, the audience will look at it through four lenses: can they determine authenticity, is reliability an issue, are there integrity issues and finally are they useable?

No matter what gadgets we use in creating and retrieving and retaining records, the basics do not grow old. Your latest set of wheels is still subject to traffic regulations for the good of the order no matter which of the fifty states you are in. Government jurisdiction is no escape: federal state or local. And yes, even the private sector dominions. We all speak one language: retain, retrieve, reduce and recover. Ignorance is no excuse before the law.

GARA CERTIFICATE COMPETENCIES: "Records and Information Management Basics"
PRESENTER: Thomas W. Oduor, Records Manager, Coachella Valley Water District