Managing Digital and Beyond

It won’t be long until the federal government will have completed a major step of one of its biggest information management initiatives, the Managing Government Records Directive (M-12-18). GCN brought this news to us in their article, “Information management extends beyond digital records.” The directive seeks to establish a modern framework for the management of government…

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The Power of Words

Say what you will about the 45th President of the United States, but one thing he has accomplished is a new surge in reference material usage. Dictionaries and thesauri are getting more new visitors each day than they have in decades. This interesting information came to us from The Meridian Star and Dana Milbank’s syndicated…

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Protecting Your Space

In an effort to limit piracy and infringement on content, Google and other search companies are close to striking a voluntary agreement with entertainment companies to tackle the appearance of infringing content links in search results. This interesting information came to us from Torrent Freak in their article, “Search Engines & Copyright Holders Ready Voluntary Anti-Piracy…

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Search Software Engineer Opportunity

To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, search, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are…

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Staying Alert

It seems like data security, ransomware, and insider threats have been in the headlines for the past year. Will that remain true for 2017? This interesting information was brought to our attention by Nextgov in their article, “Why Machine Learning Will Help Improve Government Cybersecurity in 2017.” It’s clear hackers have polished their art and are overcoming the…

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Digital Assets Need Order

Change is permeating business through people, processes and technology. At this rate, we should reach perfection soon. CMS Wire brought this news to our attention in their article, “DAM’s Next Wave Anticipates Our Connected Future.” Digital asset management (DAM) is not immune to these changes. The future holds a broader vision for DAM to manage digital assets as…

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