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If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It This old saying is thought to be attributed to Thomas Bertram Lance, a staff member in President Jimmy Carter’s 1977 administration. In the May 1977 newsletter, Nation’s Business, Lance is quoted as saying he can save Uncle Sam billions of dollars if he can get the government to…

  On my most recent vacation, I was reminded of a not-so-long-ago time when I would carry a camera bag, a pocket phone book of numbers, a long-distance calling card, and a portable cassette player to listen to music. Okay, maybe it was actually a long time ago, but it was still in my lifetime.…

The concept and process of spring cleaning has so many positive elements. Spring cleaning your home or office can have a positive effect on morale and productivity. The same is true for your business records management program. Here are a few reasons why: Mental Health. Living and working in a neat and organized environment helps…

I decided to do a bit of my own detective work and discovered that the phrase we most closely associate with detective Sherlock Holmes, “Elementary, my dear Watson,” was not written by author Arthur Conan Doyle, nor does it appear in any of the Sherlock Holmes books. One thing the famous character did say was,…

Did you know that the Central Valley uses less than 1% of US farmland to produce 8% of the total US agricultural supply and 25% of the nation’s food? That’s efficiency! When your Central Valley business is looking for a records storage facility, you also want the biggest bang for your buck. To find that,…

There’s something about multiples, particularly threes, that make individual elements much more powerful. For example, in writing, there is the Rule of Three that says a trio of entities, such as events or characters, is more humorous, satisfying, and effective. The combination of three words and phrases is known as a “triad” and is used…

I remember back in school when a teacher offered a “refresher” of the material we learned; it usually preceded a pop quiz or exam. But fear not! There will be no exam here, but we all could use a refresher on the complex and changing privacy protection laws that affect businesses. In your organization, you…

With the introduction of the personal computer in the 1970s, it was predicted that our society would be paper free by the 21st century. In fact, offices have reduced paper consumption by 20% since then, but the US population has also increased by 40%. All that to say, as our digital world has grown, hard…

Certain months of the year are given unique designations to help bring awareness to an important issue. For instance, October was designated Cybersecurity Awareness Month by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in 2004. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), part of DHS, has designated this year’s campaign theme to be, “See Yourself in Cyber,”…

When we hear about a data breach, it’s always the “other” company. We think it will never happen to ours until it does. No company anticipates a data breach occurring. It comes as an unfortunate surprise, and all you can do is take preventative action. Two important factors to eliminate the risk of serious damage…