Information Management Journal articles from March 2003

Information Management Journal archives from March 2003

The legislation that roared. (In focus: a message from the editors).
March 1, 2003... If you don't know the significance of April 14, 2003, then you should find this issue of The Information Management Journal particularly enlightening. April 14 is the deadline by which most healthcare organizations must be in compliance with...

White-collar crimes will get harder time. (Up front: news, trends & analysis).
March 1, 2003... Under a new emergency plan approved by the U.S. Sentencing Commission, corporate criminals will receive longer prison sentences. The guidelines, which grew out of the flurry of frauds and corporate scandals at Enron, WorldCom, and other large...

British slow to use e-government services. (Up front: news, trends & analysis).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Britain is one of a few nations that has set explicit targets for making all government services available electronically but, much to its chagrin, British citizens are not using them. And worse, usage of e-government services has not grown in...

Uncle Sam may not monitor e-mails. (Up front: news, trends & analysis).
March 1, 2003... Uncle Sam may not be monitoring your online purchases and e-mail messages anytime soon. The Bush administration's proposed plans for an Internet-wide network operations and monitoring center to detect and defend against major cyber attacks have...

Spam costs businesses $13 billion annually. (Up front: news, trends & analysis).
March 1, 2003... A British e-mail filtering firm reports that there will be more spam than real e-mail in 2003 and that it will cost businesses billions. MessageLabs Software's annual statistics also revealed that one in every 212 e-mails contains a...

Self-healing computers. (Up front: news, trends & analysis).(IBM plans to develop computer systems that fix themselves when they break)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... It will be good for organizations' bottom lines, but it may be not so good for employees whose job it is to manage and repair computer systems. IBM recently unveiled plans to develop computer systems that will fix themselves when they...

FBI works to better manage its records. (Up front: news, trends & analysis).
March 1, 2003... After recent criticism of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) records management skills, the bureau has begun working to clean up its act by creating a records management division. "We need to figure out how to manage our case...

E-mails can and will be held against you. (Up front: news, trends & analysis).(Judge rules that e-mails written by a J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. senior staff member could be used as evidence in civil trial)
March 1, 2003... It is just commonsense that you should never e-mail something that you wouldn't want your boss to see. But today, you should also remember never to e-mail anything that could be used against you in court. A U.S. federal judge recently...

Don't hit that delete button! (Up front: news, trends & analysis).(Five Wall Street investment firms willpay to settle charges that they failed to properly retain e-mail messages )
March 1, 2003... If your inbox is harboring incriminating e-mails, do not delete them. Five Wall Street investment firms recently agreed to pay $1.65 million each to settle charges that they failed to properly retain e-mail messages requested by...

Smile: you're on v-mail. (Up front: news, trends & analysis).(Voice mail)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... According to Forrester Research, 94 percent of Internet users send an e-mail at least once a week, and 41 percent send pictures via e-mail once a week. It is no surprise, then, that video mail, more commonly called "v-mail," a technology that...

Business leaders form ethics organization. (Up front: news, trends & analysis).
March 1, 2003... In light of recent scandals that have plagued corporate America and revelations about morally repugnant business leaders who have laid off employees even while they have charged thousand-dollar shower curtains to the company expense account,...

Americans call e-mail essential to their jobs. (Up front: news, trends & analysis).
March 1, 2003... Americans are not really being inundated with e-mail messages. In fact, if you feel overwhelmed by the volume of e-mail you receive at work, you are among a very small group. A recent study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project found...

Canadians' privacy at risk. (Up front: news, trends & analysis).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... In his 2001-2002 Annual Report to Parliament, George Radwanski, the privacy commissioner of Canada, issued a "solemn and urgent warning" that the Canadian government is walking down a path that threatens citizens' key privacy rights. In...

Data-mining initiatives. (Up front: news, trends & analysis).
March 1, 2003... To harness the vast information flow generated each day, computer scientists are developing sophisticated software that can instantly mine streaming data without ever needing to archive it. According to The Christian Science Monitor,...

A WiFi-ing we will go? (Up front: news, trends & analysis).
March 1, 2003... The wireless technology known as WiFi, which enables personal and handheld computer users to connect to the Internet at high speed without cables, has always been considered too expensive to deploy on a national basis. But Cometa Networks,...

MIT's super archive. (Up front: news, trends & analysis).(Massachusetts Institute of Technology )
March 1, 2003... Each year, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers create at least 10,000 papers, data files, images, collections of field notes, and audio and video clips. Much of the material is published in professional journals, but the...

More information could mean less privacy: President Bush signed the E-Government Act to enhance public access to information after authorizing Homeland Security legislation that may threaten privacy. (Capital edge: legislative & regulatory update).
March 1, 2003... As 2002 drew to a close, the Bush administration and the U.S. Congress completed work on two major legislative initiatives, the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and the adoption of a federal E-Government program. The government...

SoftWise releases Out-of-Sight 2.0. (Marketplace: new products & industry announcements).(Metadata management utility)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Out-of-Sight 2.0 is a metadata management utility that protects against the risk of distributing sensitive information by providing a mechanism for analyzing and cleaning up documents before they are distributed. The solution incorporates Excel...

LegalKEY offers complete information management. (Marketplace: new products & industry announcements).(Enterprise Records Management System v.4)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... LegalKEY Technologies' Enterprise Records Management System v.4 allows total management of information regardless of its origin or medium, whether fax, e-mail, voice mail, images, or document management systems. The new version offers expanded...

Voice-prompted barcode scanner. (Marketplace: new products & industry announcements).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Record Management Software introduces its voice-prompted barcode scanner for Simple Records Manager software. The portable module includes software and a high-quality barcode reader with a built-in laser scanner. Contact:...

Digital preservation online. (Marketplace: new products & industry announcements).(Eastman Kodak Co.'s Commercial Imaging Group and ISIT.com offer Web site on preservation and digital archiving)
March 1, 2003... Information about preservation and digital archiving is available at www.digitalpreservation.org. The Web site focuses on issues related to the preservation and archiving of digital information. Eastman Kodak Co.'s Commercial Imaging Group and...

Core integration offers total methodology solution. (Marketplace: new products & industry announcements).(Core Integration Partners announces The Matrix Methodology modules)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Core Integration Partners announces The Matrix Methodology for use on phases of a data warehousing project or as a total methodology companies can implement themselves. The patent-pending methodology is a series of modules that allow end-to-end...

MailPoint archives e-mail. (Marketplace: new products & industry announcements).(Sanibel Logic's MailPoint software)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Sanibel Logic's MailPoint software safeguards electronic assets by monitoring electronic communications on corporate servers. Based on specified user criteria, it provides centralized archival of vital communications in support of federal and...

RainMaker upgrades software. (Market place: new products & industry announcements).(RainMaker Software offers Version 4 of RainMaker Gold Practice Management)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... RainMaker Software announces Version 4 of RainMaker Gold Practice Management. The new version contains more than 30 new features and includes full access of the functionality that its Attorney Desktop product formerly provided on a stand-alone...

Sagent announces EII software package. (Marketplace: new products & industry announcements).(Sagent's Enterprise Information Integration (EII) software package)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Sagent's Enterprise Information Integration (EII) software package allows companies to combine and analyze data in real time without permanently altering their data warehouse. With this ad-hoc data manipulation and analysis, reports can be...

Shredder reengineered. (Marketplace: new products & industry announcements).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Security Engineered Machinery has reengineered the Model 244/3 shredder to meet new U.S. Department of Defense standards. The cross-cutting shredder head produces particles 0.9 mm by 4.2 mm, and the throat shreds up to 10 sheets at once. The...

Houston fearless 76 unifies companies. (Marketplace: new products & industry announcements).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Houston Fearless 76's previously separate companies--Merkel Technology, Houston Fearless Pollution Control Systems, and Ascendent Solutions International--will be aligned into one company, HF Inc., in order to standardize internal processes and...

What every business needs to know about HIPAA: most healthcare organizations must comply with HIPAA's Privacy Rule by April 14, 2003--but do all organizations? Here's what businesses need to know.
March 1, 2003... "The Internet-fueled proliferation of data--and data availability--has created a paradox: Businesses demand the benefits of a technology-enabled world along with the relative anonymity, or privacy, that the pre-technology world provided. The...

Tragedies, controversies, and opportunities: redefining RIM's role in a turbulent time: given recent issues and critical developments, the central importance of information to the operation and progress of organizations and institutions is even more apparent.(Records and information management)
March 1, 2003... At the Core This article * discusses recent examples where information has played a critical role * defines future RIM challenges and issues Systematic management of information, an area where records and information...

The truth about taxonomies.
March 1, 2003... At the Core This article * defines a taxonomy * explains how an organization can use and develop taxonomies * identifies types of taxonomies Imagine opening up file cabinet drawers, credenzas, or desk drawers and seeing...

MoReq: the standard of the future? Want to understand what electronic records management systems (ERMS) should do? The Model Requirements for the Management of Electronic Records (MoReq) is a good place to start. (Setting Standards).(Model Requirements for the Management of Electronic Records )
March 1, 2003... At the Core This article * defines and explains the MoReq specification * identifies MoReq's strengths and weaknesses * examines the specification's future The Model Requirements for the Management of Electronic Records...

So you want to implement automatic categorization? Automatic categorization can be a powerful tool despite its limitations, but it is still important to test and evaluate before making a commitment to using it. (TechTrends).(Records managers play important role in implementing automatic categorization)
March 1, 2003... At the Core This article * presents a high-level overview of automatic categorization technology * explains the benefits and limitations of various automatic categorization approaches * describes the key role records managers...

Protecting records--what the standards tell us: key standards have been developed that aid in determining the best methods, rationale, environment, and housing for protecting valuable records. (Management Wise).(Records and information management )
March 1, 2003... At the Core This article * discusses key standards that comprise a good foundation for records protection * defines RIM professionals' role in protecting records One of the key competencies of the records and information...

Book review: the ABCs of HIPAA compliance.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... TITLE: HIPAA Privacy Essentials and HIPAA Privacy Implementation Guide AUTHOR: Privacy Council ISBN: 1-932214-04-60 (Essentials); 1-932214-05-4 (Implementation) PUBLISHER: Privacy Council PUBLICATION DATE: 2002 LENGTH:...

Video review: combating computer viruses.(Video Recording Review)
March 1, 2003... TITLE: Computer Virus Attack: Defending Against Viruses and Hackers PRODUCER: Commonwealth Films PUBLICATION DATE: 2001 LENGTH: 15 minutes, 40 seconds PRICE: $707 U.S. MEDIA: Available in CD-ROM or VHS SOURCE: ARMA...

It all comes down to you and me. (From the President).(Association of Records Managers and Administrators International's volunteers are saluted)
March 1, 2003... This month, I would like to celebrate ARMA's volunteers. From its chapter leaders to the board of directors, ARMA is a volunteer association. It is members sharing with each other and giving back to the profession that makes ARMA as special as...

Make a difference: how to get involved in ARMA.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Now is your chance to put your ideas, expertise, and field of knowledge to work by volunteering for a working committee, an industry-specific group leader position, or a region manager or coordinator position. You also can volunteer to serve as...

ARMA announces new board members.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Terrence J. Coan, chair of ARMA International Election Management Committee, announces the following results of the 2003 general election: President-Elect (2003-04) David P. McDermott--839 votes (51%) Helen M. Streck--797 votes (49%) ...

The Information Management Journal wins excellence award.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... ARMA International's The Information Management Journal, the association's professional journal, has received the 2002 "Excellence in Association Publications" Award from Association Trends. Association Trends is a weekly association...

5/100 Legacy Campaign update.(ARMA International Educational Foundation Board of Trustees )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... The ARMA International Educational Foundation (AIEF) Board of Trustees is in the midst of a grassroots campaign to solidify the "5/100 Legacy" fundraising program. They've sought and identified chapter leaders to serve as chapter foundation...

New educational events.(ARMA International educational event)
March 1, 2003... Information Management in Times of Change This educational event sponsored by ARMA International's energy, U.S. government, education, health care, and consumer services industry-specific groups (ISGs) will provide industry-specific...

When can you use ARMA's logo?(Association of Records Managers and Administrators International)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... One of the most asked questions we get is "Can my company use the ARMA International's logo on its materials or Web site?" Fortunately, many of our members--and their employers--are proud of their affiliation with ARMA and would like to display...

NFPA Standards Council votes to uphold appeal.(National Fire Protection Association )
March 1, 2003... At its January 15 appeal hearing, the Standards Council of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) voted to partially uphold an appeal to relax the requirements for compartmentation in the proposed 2003 revision of NFPA 232 Standard for...

Say it loud, say it proud.(April is Records and Information Management Month)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Start spreading the word! April is Records and Information Management Month, and it's the perfect opportunity for records and information management professionals worldwide to celebrate and promote the value and importance of information within...

Jury awards $20 million in damages for value of lost records.(Diversified Information Technologies is involved, as are Mobil Oil and Grinnell Corp)
March 1, 2003... For the first time, a jury awarded damages--more than $20 million--to a plaintiff based on the value of the records they lost, not the value of the boxes in which the records were stored. When a fire engulfed Diversified Information...

ARMA board plans April 2003 meeting.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... ARMA International's Board of Directors will meet April 11-13 in Kansas City. This meeting is open to ARMA members who wish to attend at their own expense. Items up for discussion will be published in mid-March. For more information,...