I worked for an organization where the Records Manager struggled to get the
executives to understand the precarious position they were putting the
company in by ignoring the RM program.  She really got their attention when
she called them the "Designated Felons".  They were the individuals who
would be culpable for sloppy/missing RM practices, not the RM staff.  .

Linda Buss

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Subject: Re: [RM] Interesting Observation

I have been fighting this for the last ten years here and for a decade
before elsewhere. Have we made progress? I think we have but I will
admit success varies from place to place and we have a long way to go. 

One thing I stress to senior management is the simple concept of
division of responsibility. IT is charged with the maintenance of the
hardware and software. Recorded information - information declared as a
record - is the province of records management and the stakeholders -
regardless of format. 

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