The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Rise of Berlin Sanctions

The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Rise of Berlin Sanctions

Thirty years ago, this November, East and West Germans began crossing the Berlin Wall after the German Democratic Republic (GDR) announced that East German citizens could freely visit West Germany and West Berlin. Within a short amount of time, both Easterners and...
The Importance of Being Permanent

The Importance of Being Permanent

The effect of the word permanent “is rarely pure and never simple”[1] when it comes to records management. In the post-GDPR world, how you interpret and implement the word “permanent” into your retention schedule—as either a long-term retention period[2] or a hardcopy...