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Learn how public sector organizations are utilizing archiving and eDiscovery technology to lower costs and risks, address legal challenges and make compliance with FOIA productions more efficient.

Unfortunately, ensuring that government data is accessible for FOIA and litigation remains a thorny challenge and becomes increasingly challenging when data is created and travels across multiple mediums. However, government organizations can implement technology to reduce the risks related to eDiscovery and FOIA compliance. Moreover, once in-house capabilities are adopted, they can be used for both FOIA and litigation.

eDiscovery is an important issue for both federal and state and local agencies. Not only has information governance and eDiscovery recently been addressed in the Presidential Mandate and the Digital Government Strategy, but NASCIO has placed eDiscovery in the top ten list for 2012, especially as related to records management, archiving and digital preservation.

Speakers include:

• Allison Stanton, Director of E-Discovery, Office of the Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Civil Division
• Joan Moumbleaux, J.D., M.L.I.S., an information professional within NOAA’s Fisheries Restoration Center
• Allison Jane Walton, eDiscovery Counsel in PMM, Symantec Corporation

Download this on-demand webinar to learn how the right archiving and eDiscovery tools and workflows:

• Can execute a common classification and retention schedule across in the archive
• Perform federated searched across critical data sources
• Bring context and relevance to information to help individuals and organizations find what information they need, when they need it, saving time and money
• Enable government entities to quickly adapt to the new federal mandate, while simultaneously reducing risks in crucial areas such as: legal/litigation services, investigative operations and in improving the production time for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.