On 8/11/08, Pilar McAdam <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The key distinction that occurs to me is that in the Government
> environment the definition of what constitutes a record is much more
> clearly spelled out. In the corporate world -- subject to the degree of
> regulation for the industry, of course -- the company can define its
> records any way it wants.
Another distinction is that government entities at the federal, state
and local level (in most states anyway) have a law or regulation that
requires them to establish a records management program. Corporations
can at their discretion.
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Bruce L. White, CRM, PMP
Lake Forest, CA
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