KCI articles discuss the latest legal and technical issues affecting Information Management.

Electronic Records & and Information Management

• The Risk-Cost Retention Model: A New Approach to Records Retention
  
  ARMA Information Management Journal May/June 2006
  
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• Sarbanes-Oxley: IT pros may not like it, but they still need to comply
  
  Excerpt from Information Nation Warrior on TechRepublic, August 2005
  
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• AWARD WINNER. Stand & Deliver
  
  ARMA Information Management Journal May/June 2005
  
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• An Enterprise Content Management Primer
  
  ARMA Information Management Journal September/October 2004
  
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• A New Privacy-Centric Business Imperative
  
  e-Doc Magazine Column, January/February 2004
  
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• Email Technology for Every Business Need
  
  e-Doc Magazine Column, July/August 2003
  
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• 8 Ways to Stay Out of Court (And Not Get Fired)
  Newsletter editors and publishers can get into hot water by committing some basic improprieties. Here’s how to minimize your risk.
  
  Online at Newsletter Strategy Session Oct. 2003
  
  
  
  
• Beyond HIPAA: The Complexities of Electronic Records Management
  
  Reprint from Journal of AHIMA 74, no.4 (April 2003): 31-36
  
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• When The Context of Information Became King:
  Managing Logical Connections Between Company Records
  Has Become as Important as the Content Itself
  
  e-Doc Magazine Expert's Corner Column, February 2003
  
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• A Compliant Information Management Program - The Best Gift of All
  
  e-Doc Magazine Expert's Corner Column, December 2002
  
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• The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Didn't Invent
  Penalties For Destruction of Evidence, But It Did Perfect Them
  
  e-Doc Magazine Expert's Corner Column, November 2002
  
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• Carpe Diem: Records Management Does Not Get Any Sexier
  
  e-Doc Magazine Expert's Corner Column, October 2002
  
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• What is a Record?
  The Most Important Definition in Information Management
  
  e-Doc Magazine, September 2002
  
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• Electronic-Records Retention:
  Managing Messaging Technology is IT's Problem

  Reprint from Wall Street & Technology, September 2002
  
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• Managing Information in the Electronic Age:
  A Lawyer's Guide to Digital Information Life Cycle Management
  
  Reprint from the Federal Lawyer, July 2002
  
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• The Governance of Records Management
  
  Reprint from Directors & Boards, Spring 2002
  
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• From Mount Sinai to Cyberspace: Making good e-Business records
  
  Reprint from The American Bar Association's Business Lawyer (November 2001 Volume 57, Number 1)
  
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• Corralling Electronic Information: Does your company need a rancher?
  
  Originally published in: AIIM's e-doc magazine (September-October 2000)
  
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• Making Your Technologist an Electronic Record Builder
  
  Originally published in: AIIM's e-doc magazine (November-December 2001)
  
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• AWARD WINNER.  Records Management and Compliance: Making the Connection
  
  ARMA Information Management Journal May/June 2004
  
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Electronic Signatures & Legislation

• The Evolution of E-Forms and E-SIGN (Presentation)
  
  Originally presented to the Business Forms Management Association at their annual conference in May, 2002.
  
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• The E-Sign Act: What will it mean for e-commerce?
  
  Originally published in: AIIM's e-doc magazine (July-August 2000)
  
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• Addressing the Risks of the New Legal Landscape
  
  Originally published in: KM World Magazine (June 1999)
  
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• Responding to the New Legal Landscape Created by Technology
  
  Originally published in: The American Bar Association's The Corporate Counselor (February 1999, Volume 3, Number 1)
  
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Electronic Evidence & Discovery

• E-Discovery Invites Inadvertent Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege
  
  Originally published in: Pike and Fischer's Digital Discovery & e-Evidence (March 2001, Volume 1, No. 3)
  
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• Building Good Electronic Evidence: Now that e-records are legal, here's how to make them reliable
  
  Originally published in: Pike and Fischer's Digital Discovery & e-Evidence (October 2001, Volume 1, No. 9)
  
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• If the Slate is Wiped Clean - Spoliation: What it means for your case
  
  Reprint from The American Bar Association's Business Law Today (May-June 1999)
  
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