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e-Discovery In An Information Governance World

By Marta Farensbach
July 02, 2015

Electronic discovery experts continue to put an emphasis on recognizing e-discovery as part of a complete information governance (IG) solution. Although this focus may be novel for e-discovery specialists, the management of corporate information at an enterprise level is far from new; in fact, organizations of all sizes have been employing strategies to deal with data management well before electronically stored information (ESI) subsumed its hardcopy counterparts. Yet, despite its ubiquity, many professionals who have a solid grounding in electronic discovery struggle to understand how it falls into the broader world of information governance. e-Discovery actually relies on effective information governance policies for trouble-free collection, processing and production.

In the widely used Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), the far left step has always been information management. The EDRM assumes that an organization involved in e-discovery has implemented at least minimal information governance principles, and has created its own Information Governance Reference Model (IGRM) framework to help clarify these principles.

This focus is important to the EDRM because the ease of electronic data discovery is highly dependent on a stable IG framework. The processes, tools and procedures in place for the effective administration of corporate information will also facilitate the identification and collection of data for litigation or investigation.

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