Hurricane Sandy inflicted damage upon the New York/New Jersey area to the tune of more than $30 billion. (Note: That’s a lot.) Many businesses were forced to close, and many likely will not reopen. For some, this will be due to physical damage, while others will cease operations due to the overall financial devastation. For others, however,…

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Think about the way that we “destroy” records on computer hard drives. We delete files or download any number of software programs that claim to overwrite hard-drive data. Some of these programs are truly effective means of data erasure. Given the time to verify the source and reliability of the software, records managers may find…

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