In Mid 2024 COR Concepts was licensed to sell PECB training courses. This is a significant evolution for us and adds great value to our course offerings. Our courses now fit into three clear streams, although there is a strong overlap amongst them.

The traditional COR Concepts courses remain, and focus on Document and Records Management, with a strong emphasis on electronic records. Document and Records Management training courses

The AIIM Certified Information Governance course AIIM CIP exam preparation course

The PECB courses. PECB focuses on Certification and aligns strongly with ISO and other standards. This fits well with our approach as we have been involved in ISO standards development since 2004. PECB is undergoing their own strategic realignment, which is a close fit with all our consulting and training offerings. The emphasis will now be on Digital Trust. Expect to see lots of commentary from us regarding Digital Trust in the near future.

US DoD publishes guidance on Technology planning for Electronic Records Management (ERM)

This may be one of the most important guidance documents published in years. For many years, the US DoD 5015.2 Functional Requirements specification stood alongside the DLM forum’s MoReq (and MoReq 2010) and ISO 16175 as one of the key standards against which to benchmark Functional requirements for Electronic Records Management Systems. One thing which was missing however, was an internationally available set of implementation guidelines for ERM other than ISO standards, and documents requiring membership of organisations such as AIIM and ARMA.

This article should be read in conjunction with our earlier article US DoD publishes guidance on Technology planning for Electronic Records Management (ERM). Please read that article first if you haven't already done so, as this Part 2 provides some additional context and information.

Insights from the US DoD Records Management and IT teams.

An extremely informative and valuable webinar hosted by AIIM and including key members of the US DoD Records Management and IT staff provided clarity and insight on the new guidance document US DoD 8180.01 (See the article above for a summary). I believe the following insights are critical in order to understand the usage of the document, and also how it impacts on the Records and Information Management profession, and National Archives Regulatory authorities globally. NOTE. We have been saying many of these things for years, but the guidance documents puts everything into stark, blunt perspective.

Documentation is the core of most evidence relating to business activities. Since the introduction of the ISO 30300 Management System for Records series of standards, and the 2016 version of ISO 15489, the concept of "Documented Information" has become important, going beyond our traditional definition of a record. Changes, including the way that information is created, the vast volumes of documented information which include AI generated documents, webpages, e-mails etc, our need as information governance professionals to become extra vigilant becomes greater. And we need to take on an even greater advocacy role, educating business on how to and why they should create accurate, trustworthy documentation, which can be trusted as the authoritative source.