>I would be interested to hear what
>organizations such as NARA, ARMA etc. have to say in this regard.

Lots of info available on what NARA has to say:

http://www.archives.gov/records_management/index.html

http://www.archives.gov/records_management/initiatives/rm_redesign_project.html

http://www.archives.gov/records_management/initiatives/erm_overview.html

http://www.archives.gov/records_management/publications/disposition_of_federal_records/index.html

http://www.archives.gov/records_management/cio_link/cio_link.html

As for ARMA, this is about it...

A PDF version of the publication is available online at
www.arma.org/pdf/rim_imperative.pdf. A copy has also been inserted into the
November/December issue of The Information Management Journal for members
to use within their organizations as well.

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