Hi Brent:

How long have you been in the Records and Information Management
business?

There have been ups and downs since its inception.  Controlling
information will always be a major benefit to any organization even if
there are holes in our SOX.

GT

Graham Kitchen
Corporate Records Manager
Unified Western Grocers
5200 Sheila Street
Commerce, California 90040
Telephone:  (323)264-5200 Extension 4560
Cell:  (323)243-1865
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Records Management Program 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brent Reid
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 12:47 PM
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> Subject: What does this mean for Records Management Professionals ?
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> Greenspan
> <http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-4529-49-642-953253-525
> 545-0-0-0-1>
> Says Sarbanes-Oxley is Too Much of a Productivity Drain 
> Ever since this legislation was passed, the business and technology
> community alike has been debating the value of compliance 
> against the drain
> on productivity. Now that he's out of office, Greenspan 
> apparently feels
> free to express his lack of "exuberance" for Sarbanes-Oxley, 
> which from an
> IT perspective has given rise to a multi-billion dollar compliance
> <http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-4529-49-642-953253-525
> 548-0-0-0-1>
> consulting industry. But CIO Insight Editor Ed Cone argues in 
> a blog post
> <http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-4529-49-642-953253-525
> 551-0-0-0-1>
> that Greenspan's comments are a little irrational given the better
> downstream governance benefits brought about by SOX compliance. 
> 
> This isn't the first time I've heard of someone criticizing 
> SARBOX as not
> providing enough benefit for the amount of time, effort, 
> energy and money
> that it takes to comply.
> 
>  
> 
> I am a Records Management Consultant, and I'm wondering if 
> it's time to look
> for a new line of work. I doubt that SARBOX will go away 
> anytime real soon,
> but if the anti SARBOX "movement" gains momentum, this arena 
> may not be as
> lucrative in a few years as it is now.
> 
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> 
> I'd be interested in hearing feedback from others that 
> subscribe to this
> list.
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