The United States government is committed to a digital future. That’s why the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has set ambitious digitization objectives for federal agencies, for example. As the federal government steadily moves toward those goals, it might be worth taking a step...
When faced with legal or regulatory action, government agencies and other organizations may find themselves fielding information requests in preparation for an audit or litigation. This process is called discovery. It’s when the parties involved in a legal or regulatory matter try to find and...
No one likes audits, but they’re a fact of life for government agencies and private organizations alike. Whether the audit is being conducted internally or by a regulatory body, they consume time, effort, and budget. Worse, if the organization cannot produce the required information, auditors...
With the COVID-19 pandemic every major business found that the only way to keep production up was to let employees work from home, including government agencies. While this workforce keeps production and revenue flowing, it adds considerable cybersecurity risks to the organization and its...
Unprecedented numbers of federal workers have found themselves working from home since the COVID-19 pandemic struck the United States. Further, even as government staff begin returning to their offices, many may continue to telework, according to the RAND Corporation, a think tank and government advisory...
Business continuity and disaster planning is critical for every organization that wants to remain open and operating in the aftermath of an emergency situation. We can’t necessarily know what emergencies will befall us, and the disaster may not take the form we expect. After all,...
Peniel Solutions LLC (PSL), a recognized leader in providing complete, end-to-end technology enabled business solutions capable of delivering the latest technical advancements and trends in the areas of Cybersecurity, Data, Development, Cloud and Advisory Services has been awarded five separate ISO Certifications by the International...
With so many government workers teleworking due to the COVID-19 pandemic, records-related security concerns are especially pressing right now. Beyond the admittedly helpful ability to access electronic records remotely, is it still safe and secure to do so? The answer to that question depends largely...
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the working world like an earthquake, with millions of Americans now working from home under lockdown and shelter-in-place orders. It's even affected government workers, including staff at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). What does this mean for NARA’s requirements...
For the past several years, the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has been pushing federal agencies to manage more and more records in electronic format. As the government transitions away from analog and paper-based record-keeping, NARA has imposed a series of accelerating objectives: Manage...
