Unpacking the ARMA Principles 2025: What's New, What's Changed, and What's Next

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DESCRIPTION

The ARMA Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles remain a cornerstone for modern records and information management—and they’ve just been significantly updated. This session unpacks what changed in the 2025 edition, why ARMA made these revisions, and how the new statements sharpen expectations for accountability, integrity, transparency, retention, disposition, and more. You’ll get a clear, practical walkthrough comparing 2017 to 2025, with guidance to align policies, assessments, and program roadmaps to the refreshed framework.

Whether you’re standing up a new RIM/IG program or pressure-testing a mature one, you’ll see how to translate the revised Principles into actionable checkpoints, policy updates, and meaningful metrics. Expect concrete examples, decision criteria, and tips to sequence adoption—so you can close gaps efficiently and demonstrate measurable progress against recognized industry standards.
 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completing this session, attendees should be able to:

• Identify and summarize the key changes between the 2017 and 2025 ARMA Principles and explain the rationale behind those updates.
• Map current policies, controls, and assessments to the updated Principles to pinpoint alignment gaps.
• Prioritize remediation activities and sequence a practical adoption roadmap based on risk, impact, and effort.
• Evaluate how the revised Principles affect retention and disposition strategies, including documentation and audit readiness.
• Develop or refine metrics and evidence artifacts to demonstrate conformance with the updated framework.

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