At the recent ARMA conference in San Antonio , records managers participated in a survey about their experience with records management Committees . The results illustrate how Committees are structured in their organizations , as well successes and continuing challenges .
Committee Members
� 83 % have at least a Director or above
� 61 % have between 6-10 members Successes
� Putting money and resources behind the Program
� Approval of a records management policy
� Funding for an Information Governance initiative
� Senior management support , including the communication of RIM initiatives
Continuing Challenges
� Senior management does not understand and support RIM and IG
� Lack of funding
� Lack of employee buy-in ; noncompliance with the retention schedule
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