Hi Susan
I attended your presentation here in San Francisco on March 15 (ARMA Golden
Gate chapter meeting). You mentioned that the ARMA competencies survey
results would/could serve many purposes including establishing records
management skills in a more measurable, recognized way. Could you (or ARMA)
harness the competencies survey results to champion the NAICS code effort?
Is that reasonable or do-able? I just know it would help me in my (new)
career path as a records manager here in the US or if I return to Canada.
thanks
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Maureen Cusack, M.I.St.
http://www.maureencusack.net
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From: Larry Medina <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: Records Management Program <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [RM] SIC Code for Records Management
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:36:42 -0700
What SIC code would you think would apply to either venture or both ?
>
>I'm perusing the list of SIC codes now, but narrowing it down by Documents
>or Records didn't help much.
>
Sadly, I regret to inform you there isn't an SIC for Records, Business
Records, or Records Management.
It's something that is needed for a number of reasons, but it's an arduous
process to get one assigned. And it takes an application from a
"professional body representing an industry" to make it happen, so in our
case, it would take an ARMA or ICRM, or some similar body to push this
forward.
I raised this issue with ARMA's Director OF Professional Resources about 3-4
years ago and pressed pretty hard, having done all of the initial legwork
with the US Census Bureau to make it happen... defined the "industry" and
the "products", who they "served" and how broadly they were used. They
agreed that it was definitely an unidentified "commodity": in the then SIC
structure (now known as NAICS) and that if the volume was as wide spread as
I indicated it was, it SHOULD have its own code.
Apparently, they only assign new codes once every few (it may be 5?) years,
and they need a fully documented request from the industry seeking a
classification to consider it.
http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html
In light of the efforts underway on the RIM Competencies project, I raised
the issue with ARMA's Education Department and ED again recently, but have
yet to receive a response on the request.
Maybe more of us need to voice an opinion to ARMA on the topic?
Larry
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Larry Medina
Danville, CA
RIM Professional since 1972
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