I have oversight of the El Paso County Records Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  El Paso County is now the largest County in Colorado.  The records center is part of El Paso County Information Technologies.  This is the perfect place to be so that the records center, in a close partnership with IT, can drive the new information management initiatives in scanning, document management, electronic records, and email management.  In order to have clout, I have organized a "Records Center Advisory Council" composed of the elected officials and department heads.  One of the county commissioners serves as chair.   This council ensures the support I need.  I also have a network of trained department records liaisons.  We continue their training with formal sessions on information management topics each month.  
Steve
Steven Veatch, Manager
Planning, Budget, Contracts, Records Center
El Paso County Information Technologies
Colordo Springs, Colorado

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> I have had experience reporting to IT and to legal. I concur there is 
> no nirvana. In every organization, there are variances in clout and 
> for sure, RM wants to be aligned with the people who have the clout (and 
> money, because you can't achieve success in managing ANY records without 
> resources). 
> 
> There are upsides to IT - the close working relationships with the 
> techies helps provide dialog which facilitates finding solutions that 
> work and of course, IT stands to benefit if erecords are effectively 
> managed. However, as others have said, sometimes IT is viewed as a 
> "service" function and if there is no leadership there, it does not 
> serve RM well. 
> 
> Upsides to Legal. They understand the importance of RM and having good 
> processes. Increasingly because of the new Federal Rules, they 
> understand the importance of managing ALL records and they know the 
> stakes for not doing so. However, some lawyers tend to be packrats and 
> don't like to dispose. 
> 
> No matter where you report, you need strong working relationships across 
> the organization. 
> 
> Mary Hilliard, CRM 
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