GARP® in the World

Here's what the world is saying about the Generally Accepted Recordkeepig Principles®:

Montana Secretary of State Monthly
Written by Linda McCulloch, Jan. 5, 2011
From the Secretary of State of Montana, GARP® appears in the January newsletter as a way to shift gears in information management. (Read more...)

ARMA International European Region Briefing
Ritz Carlton, London, Feb. 9, 2011
Presentation about records management standards and best-practices, including the latest on GARP, Moreq 2010 and how to handle Web 2.0, from experts including Galina Datskovsky, President Elect at ARMA International, Jon Garde, Author of Moreq 2010 and Gavin Siggers, Director of ARMA’s European Region.

Records Management Evolves to Information Governance
Written by Gordon Hoke, Jan. 1, 2011
It’s not your parents’ records management anymore. Old-fashioned library services, full of retention schedules and version control, recede into the wallpaper. Now new media, hosted solutions, e-discovery, contextual analytics, cloud computing and more converge, transforming records management into information governance. (Read more...)

DLM Forum Meeting: Beyond MOREQ 2010
Presented by Gavin Siggers
Presented in Brussels on November 17, 2010 during the discussion of user adoption, needs, and benefits of records management.

Proactive Best Practices for e-Discovery: Information Lifecycle Governance
Presented by Brian Schwartz, Practising Law Institute
Included the GARP® Information Governance Maturity Model within course materials. PLI is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to continuing legal education for the bar, bench, and business community for more than 75 years.

GARP® Overview Program
Presented by David Fleming
For the Utah-Salt Lake Chapter November 18, 2010.

AIIM's SharePoint 2010 Certification Program
August-September, 2010
The training for AIIM's SharePoint 2010 Certification Program, which was developed by the Gimmal Group, included information on GARP®. GARP® was included in an overview of the records management industry knowledge base.

Achieving Compliance Using the GARP® Maturity Model
Presented by Nick De Laurentis, CRM
September 2010 (tbd)
De Laurentis is scheduled to conduct a seminar for the ARMA International Mile High Denver, Northern Colorado, Grand Junction, and Wyoming Chapters in September 2010.

GARP® Web Seminar
June 22, 2010
The ARMA Central Iowa Chapter watched the GARP webinar for its June meeting.

Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles®
Presented by Rick Stirling
June 1, 2010
Stirling, president of Western Information Management, gave a presentation on GARP® at the 2010 ARMA Canada Conference. One of the Canadian authors of GARP®, Stirling discussed how GARP® can be used to foster general awareness of recordkeeping standards and principles, and assist organizations in developing records systems that comply with them.

GARP® and the RIM Competencies
Presented by Diane Carlisle, CRM and Trevor Mitchell
May 18, 2010
Carlisle, the deputy executive director/sr. director of content development at ARMA International, and Trevor Mitchell, the association's director of member services, gave a presentation on GARP® and the RIM competencies to the ARMA Central Missouri Chapter.

GARP®: What it is, how it will be used to assess RIM programs, and why records managers should care?
Presented by Fred A. Pulzello, CRM
May 2010
Pulzello gave a presentation on GARP® as part of ARMA Greater Columbus Ohio Chapter's 2010 annual spring seminar.

GARP®
Presented by Martin Susec and Michael Purrington
April 20, 2010
Susec and Purrington gave a presentation to 67 members of the ARMA Mile High Denver Chapter for its spring seminar.

The Value of Applying the Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles® to Your Organization
Presented by Rick Stirling
March 9, 2010
AT the meeting of the ARMA Twin Cities Chapter, Stirling gave an overview of GARP® and the maturity model to the 61 members in attendance.

An Overview of GARP®
Presented by Komal Gulich, CRM
March 2010
In her presentation to the ARMA International Greater Dayton Chapter, Gulich explained GARP®in a way that allowed chapter members to have a better grasp of what GARP® means to them and how to use it.

GARP®
Presented by Douglas Allen, CRM, CDIA+
March 2010
Allen gave a presentation on the Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles® to the ARMA International Des Plaines River Valley Chapter in March 2010.

FAQ: GARP and How It Helps You Achieve BetterIinformation Governance
By Amy Lanter
TechTarget
June 17, 2010
ARMA International's publication departments answers some FAQs for IT resource TechTarget on how GARP® can help organizations achieve better information governance.

GARP® Lecture at SJSU SLIS
Presented by Fred Pulzello, CRM
In this segment of a lecture series podcast for the San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science , Fred Pulzello, CRM, discusses the value of using the Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles® to measure your organization's effectiveness at information governance. An MP3 stream of the lecture is available here

CGFOA/CMCA Annual Conference
November 16-19, 2010
Cheyenne Mountain Resort
Colorado Springs, CO
The Colorado Government Finance Officers Association (CGFOA) and Colorado Municipal Clerks Association (CMCA) hold an annual conference covering a variety of topics, including recordkeeping. A two hour session on GARP® is scheduled for November 18, 2010.

Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles (GARP®)
By Rick Stirling
Rick Stirling, president of Western Information Management, is one of the Canadian authors of GARP®. His upcoming presentation (PDF) at the 2010 ARMA Canada Conference on June 1, 2010 to be held in London, Ontario, will cover how GARP® can be used to foster general awareness of recordkeeping standards and principles, and assist organizations in developing records systems that comply with them.

Maturity Models
By Doug Schultz
This post on the Access Sciences web site discusses enterprise content and records management maturity models, including the ARMA International Maturity Model for Information Governance, which is based on GARP®.

A Records Management Maturity Model
By Gordon E. J. Hoke
This article appeared in Infonomics, discussing the rollout of the GARP ® Information Management Maturity Model.

ARMA Connecticut Chapter: GARP® Maturity Model
Presented by Galina Datskovsky, Ph.D., CRM
Presented to the Connecticut chapter of ARMA International, the Information Governance Maturity Model is presented immediately after the launch of the model.

LegalTech 2010: GARP® Maturity Model Unveiled
Presented by Diane Carlisle, CRM, and Fred Pulzello, CRM
Presented in a joint ARMA International and Kroll Ontrack track at LegalTech 2010 in New York, the Information Governance Maturity Model is unveiled and presented for the first time.

Construction Accounting and Taxation: "GARP® Matters to Construction"
By Lenore Greenberg, CRM
The January-February 2010 issue discusses how recordkeeping practices will be of increasing importance for accounting and tax professionals. Read the article here.

Document Management and Retention Policies for Clients and Law Firms
Presented by Mark Lagodinski, CRM and Laurie Gingrich, CRM
March 2010
Presentation sponsored by the Chicago Bar Association and Chicago-Kent College of Law as part of a panel discussion in March 2010.

Comment on "Digitization: How Many Best Practices, Guidelines, and Standards Do We Need?"
By John Annunziello, CRM
ARMA International "recently published Generally accepted Records Principles (GARP) so records professionals can all be on the same page. For me, this was long overdue and certainly needed. I now have a document developed and supported by a profesional organization highlighting best practices." Read the article and comment here.

GARP®: Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles
Presented by Pam Duane, CRM
February 2010
Duane, who works for Madison Gas & Electric, gave a presentation on GARP® to the ARMA Great Lakes Region's Madison Chapter in February 2010.

Information Governance and GARP®
Fred Pulzello was interviewed on Information Governance and GARP® by CA at the 2009 ARMA International Conference & Expo, which was help in Orlando, Fla.. Click this link to watch on YouTube.

Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles®
Presented by Douglas Allen, CRM, CDIA+
January 20, 2010
Allen gave a presentation on GARP® to 24 members of the Greater Indianapolis Chapter of ARMA International on January 20, 2010.

GARP® Web Seminar
December 8, 2009
The ARMA Bismark/Mandan chapter watched the GARP webinar for its December meeting.

Getting to GARP®, ARMA Establishes Eight Management Principles
LawTechNews – December 2009
Fred Pulzello, treasurer of ARMA International, talks about ARMA International’s Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles®, and how they can provide a road map to meeting legal requirements when it comes to records.

RIM Practices - Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles®
Presented by Fred Pulzello, CRM
November 11, 2009
Pulzello's presentation to the ARMA Greater KC chapter on the subject of GARP® was well received and many questions were asked.

Lawsuits Spotlight Need to Manage All Information, Not Just E-mails
InContext Magazine - November 2009
This article, which focuses on why it’s good business to manage all electronic information, quoted Diane Carlisle, ARMA International's director of professional resources, and discusses the Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles®.

Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles® (GARP®)
Presented by Komal Gulich, CRM
October 2009
Gulich's presentation to the Great Cleveland ARMA Chapter covered the GARP® basics and its future roadmap.

Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles®
September 24, 2009
Presented by Nick De Laurentis, CRM
In this presentation to the Frankfort-Bluegrass Chapter of ARMA, De Laurentis, president-elect of ARMA International, gave an overview of GARP® for the chapter members.

CLE Presentation on Records Management
Ohio State Bar Association
March, 2010
By Martin D. Susec

Document Retention - Best Practices
AICP 22nd Annual Conference
October 4-7, 2009
JW Marriott Desert Ridge, Phoenix, AZ
Martin D. Susec presented a session titled "Document Retention - Best Practices" at the AICP's 22nd Annual Conference. There were approximately 100 insurance compliance professionals in attendance. Susec provided a complete copy of October 2009's ARMA Hot Topic publication on GARP® as a handout. According to the conference guide for this session: "Improper records management can result in monetary fines, administrative sanctions and costly litigation. In addition, sifting through hundreds and hundreds of paper and electronic records can be tedious and time consuming. Gain valuable insight into records management best practices with specific attention to electronic records such as e-mail, shared computer drives, websites, text messages and social media tools. This session will address the basics of good records management, including records retention procedures, records retention practices, the importance of audits and compliance checks, and how to create a records management program. "

GARP® Principles
Presented by Nick De Laurentis, CRM
September 2009
De Laurentis gave a presentation on GARP to the ARMA International Greater Cincinnati Chapter, Cincinnati, OH, in September 2009.

The Imperative for Recordkeeping Principles
NewsFactor Network
By Fred Pulzello, CRM
September 2009
NewsFactor Network posted an article on ARMA International's Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles® written by Fred Pulzello. In the article, Pulzello wrote, "Implementing comprehensive recordkeeping principles requires a cooperative effort among the key players, all of whom typically have recordkeeping responsibilities. To compound the challenge, each area tends to look at recordkeeping through its own operational lens. Without a common set of principles, there are conflicting approaches."

The Disney World According to GARP®
Positively RIM -
October 21, 2009
In this post on his Positively RIM blog, Gordon Hoke wrote, "Comprehensive in nature, GARP® is likely to extend the value of RIM in the eyes of executives with responsibility for compliance, finance, operations, and information technology." Further, Hoke reported, "This initiative coincides with the business community's spike in interest in information governance, as evidenced by a spate of news reports and recent acquisitions by leading ECM vendors. [...] Information needs organization and governance. With its release of GARP®, ARMA declares that it is a prime source for organization and governance. Businesses that seek to glean the maximum value out of their acquired information need look no further."

The Imperative for Recordkeeping Principles
CIO Today
September 2009
Implementing comprehensive recordkeeping principles requires a cooperative effort among the key players, all of whom typically have recordkeeping responsibilities. This article by Fred Pulzello covers ARMA International's Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles® and the opportunity ARMA took to work with legislators and other stakeholders to ensure that proven recordkeeping best practices will be incorporated in legislation to hold organizations accountable.

Hot Topic: "The Imperative for Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles®"
By Fred Pulzello, CRM
Just as GAAP is the basis for applying consistent reporting, valuation, and transparency to financial accounting, ARMA International’s Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles® (GARP®) is the basis for ensuring integrity, transparency, and accountability in recordkeeping. Click here for the Hot Topic article.

Hot Topic: "Principles for Gaining Control of Electronic Information"
By Debra Logan
There are numerous sources of records management advice organizations can follow. ARMA International’s are among the best. Its new Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles® (GARP®) are an effort to bring standardization to the world of records management, much as the generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) have brought standardization to financial accounting in the United States. Click here for the Hot Topic article.

GARP® at American Mensa's Annual Gathering
Presented by Don Drumtra
July 2009
ARMA International recently granted permission to include the Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles® for records management seminar teaching material at the upcoming American Mensa Annual Gathering. Donald Drumtra will be conducting a records management seminar using GARP® at American Mensa's Annual Gathering July 1 - 5 at the Omni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, PA. Click here for more information about American Mensa's Annual Gathering.

Records Management for Local Groups, Mensa 102
Presented by Don Drumtra
June 2009
ARMA International's Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principals® were used as a handout and teaching tool during the 2009 annual gathering of Mensa's leadershiop development workshop.

Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles® Podcast
Compliance Week, May 5, 2009
Compliance Week editor Matt Kelly talks with Fred Pulzello, treasurer of ARMA International, about the organization's new Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles® and how to put them into practice.

GARP® Principles
May 2009
Presented by Nick De Laurentis, CRM
De Laurentis, gave a presentation to the ARMA International DesPlaines River Valley Chapter in May 2009 as part of the chapter's 10th Anniversary Celebration.

ARMA Challenges Organizations to Implement Better Recordkeeping
DOCUMENT - April 2009
DOCUMENT online posted this story about ARMA International's Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles® on their site.

GARP® Maturity Model Seminar
Presented by Nick De Laurentis, CRM
April 2010
De Laurentis gave a presentation on the GARP® Maturity Model for the ARMA International Bismarck/Mandan Chapter in Bismarck, North Dakota, in April of 2010.

ARMA Calls for Better Recordkeeping
Storage & Destruction Business Online – April 2009
SDB Online featured information about the newly announced Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principals® on their news site.

Recordkeeping Principals Uncover the Foundation of Compliance
Ethicsworld.org – April 2009
Ethicsworld.org posted this story about the Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principals® with a particular focus on transparency, accountability, and integrity – the principals with ethical ramifications.

Create and Implement an Effective Email Policy
March 17, 2009
San Antonio, TX
ARMA International San Antonio Chapter
Most organizations are struggling to develop a comprehensive e-mail policy and are paying the price in higher IT and litigation costs. The challenge starts with the many business reasons for e-mail management and the fact that they are often at odds with one another, creating a stalemate on the requirements of an e-mail policy. How do you break the barrier and develop a cross functional team that will create requirements for e-mail use, data retention, and appropriate access that meet corporate obligations? Explore what technologies are available and how to bridge the gap between departments to meet the challenge. This session will explain how you can facilitate the creation and implementation of a consistent and comprehensive e-mail policy that benefits the whole organization by reducing costs and risks while conforming to RIM best practices.

Now Rather Than Later: Being Prepared for the Flood of FOIA and Discovery Requests
March 5, 2009 
Washington, DC
Digital Government Institute’s E-discovery, Records & Information Management Conference
Most agencies expect an increasing number of requests for information regarding their operations, programs, and policies. Attend this session to learn from an experienced veteran about the specific steps you should take to be proactive in your efforts to prepare for the anticipated wave of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and discovery requests. Learn what actions you can take in the near-term to be better positioned to react to requests that develop in the coming months and years.

A Holistic Approach to Information Management: Are You Ready for the Change?
March 3, 2009
In New Orleans
2009 Information Management Conference
US. Department of Energy
This presentation discusses the following:
·         What the Information Management Plan looked like in the past
·         What the Information Management Plan looks like now
·         What do DOE Information Technology personnel need to consider to move into the 21st century

CA Information Governance
February 24, 2009
In Washington, DC
Microsoft- Federal Event
Hosts Microsoft and CA invite you to the Microsoft Office in Washington, DC to participate in an interactive summit to share cutting-edge thinking, strategies and tactics to meet the rules and requirements of the electronic document laws established over the past years. 

Microsoft SharePoint Server when combined with CA’s Information Governance solution provides a DOD 5015.2 Certified offering that ensures that you can support those requirements and meet any discovery or request for information that may be placed in front of you.