Does anyone on the listserve have a story to tell about success with
efforts to limit either the numbers of records series that they have?
OR success in establishing a limited set of retention time periods?  I'd
love to hear about it.

One of my "pet theories" that goes back a decade or so, is that it would
be great if we could establish government sanctioned retention periods
in a limited set for any records where there was a legitimate retention
need.  That could greatly simplify legal research and further force
decisions by federal agencies to specify retention requirements.  We do
have the 3-year default provision at the federal level, and I think in
five U.S. states as well, but I don't believe that we've gone much
beyond that limited help for Records Managers and for their employers
just yet.

Doug Allen, CRM, CDIA+

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