With video surveillance becoming less expensive and more widely available, our images are increasingly recorded. But things are not as Orwellian as they seem. Even before drones, dashcams or video doorbells became everyday items, regulators established requirements for video surveillance. How long an entity can retain images depends on several things, including the areas the…
It is that time of year again! Time to look at your retention schedule and decide what needs to be organized. It is a love-hate relationship for some. Most organizations have filed taxes for 2020, making this a great time of year to think about whether older accounting records may no longer be subject to…
For US taxpayers, May 17 (Tax Day) is fast approaching, and the question is often asked – How long should I keep my tax records? Here is a brief rundown of required or suggested recordkeeping periods for income tax records in the United States and other jurisdictions around the globe. These time periods do not…
It’s no surprise that a global pandemic has created a lot of records, along with many questions surrounding these records. As organizations adapt to the new and constantly changing COVID-19 landscape, new processes and record outputs abound. We often get questions from our clients asking “is this a COVID-19 record?” and if yes, “how long…
The question of how to deal with email is a common vexation among records managers and information technology directors – the exasperation it causes being right up there with herding cats. Effectively managing email is usually somewhere “on the list” of items to take care of, but rarely at the top. As a result, employees…
The world is in a race to manufacture and produce a safe vaccine for COVID-19. This has led to an unprecedented pace and volume of clinical trial documentation for the many companies and organizations competing in this race and particular implications for trial participant consent and pharmacovigilance requirements. In the race for a vaccine, Russia…
BOISE, ID — To celebrate 30 years in business, Zasio Enterprises, Inc. gifted a scholarship to the San José State University Masters in Archives and Records Administration Program. CEO Kevin Zasio presented the program with a scholarship to support the efforts of graduate students hoping to advance their education in the field. Zasio, a records…
On November 28, 2011, President Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum entitled Managing Government Records, initiating “an Executive Branch-wide effort to reform records management policies and practices” of agencies by developing a “21st-century framework for the management of Government records.” To achieve this objective, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the…