Dwight

I agree in general, but I'm currently with an Australian state government
organisation called a "state owned corporation" which is sort of operates
like a private sector company, and indeed could be partially or completely
privatised (sold off) any time.

One of the arguments I've been pushing in favour of a strong RM program is
that there are over 90 different state and federal Acts which prescribe how
we keep records (eg tax acts, company laws, fair trading, occupational
health and safety,  etc  etc etc).  One of these is the NSW  State Records
Act, by and large a best practice act. If we were privatised tomorrow, the
other 89 acts  would still apply, and the only practical difference would be
that less than 5% of our records could be destroyed at the end of their
business life, instead of being transferred to state archives.

So maybe at least in Australia, the impact of the changes in the
international accounting standards following Sarbox, plus all the employment
related regulatory stuff, plus fair trading, consumer protection and so on
means the semi-government sector RM is moving closer to the private sector?

If so, I just wish that most of us here in Oz would notice!

Cheers

Glenn

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