Recently added articles from Information Management Journal:

Media sue N.C. governor over e-mails.(UP FRONT)

Jul 01, 2008; Swartz, Nikki ... North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley and his administration have been sued by more than 10 media groups, including the Associated Press (AP), for the "systematic deletion, destruction, or concealment" of e-mail messages. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] According to the Raleigh, ...

Indonesia passes new FOI law.(UP FRONT)

Jul 01, 2008; Swartz, Nikki ... While Indonesia has one of the freest presses in the region, its citizens have not always enjoyed freedom of information (FOI). But that is expected to change with the passage of a new FOI law that will require Indonesian bureaucratic institutions to update the public every six months, ...

Revising DoD 5015.2, the de facto RM software standard: the latest revision of DoD 5015.2-STD now includes requirements for records management application (RMA)-to-RMA interoperability.(ON THE EDGE: The Use & Misuse of Information)

Jul 01, 2008; Swartz, Nikki ... In 1997, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) developed a voluntary records management standard--DoD 5015.2-STD Design Criteria Standard for Electronic Records Management Software Applications--as a requirement for records management applications (RMAs) implemented within its departments. ...

The art of managing RIM programs: the successful RIM program manager must have a well-developed set of inter-personal and professional talents, including the ability to perform 10 critical tasks for successful program management identified here.

Jul 01, 2008; Dearstyne, Bruce W. ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Records and information management (RIM) professionals' work focuses predominantly on managing records and information, but to accomplish that requires well-managed RIM programs. Ultimately, management's responsibility is to build programs that work and ...