Allen Podraza

Mr. Podraza is the director of records management and archives for the American Medical Association in Chicago. He is a certified information professional that advocates all organizations develop a strategy for managing their information. He has consulted leading organizations in the development and administration of professional records management and archive programs and provides “how to” advice though his blog,

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4 Steps to Becoming a Paper-Light Office
BY Allen Podraza
Oct. 22 2014
If you are not a believer in the 100% paperless office, how about taking steps towards achieving a paper-light office? I know based on my first-hand experience that organizations can successfully create...
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The 5 Steps to Starting a Records Management Program
BY Allen Podraza
Aug. 21 2014
Records management is the effective and systematic control of an organization’s records, regardless of medium, through their entire life cycle–from receipt or creation until their final disposition....
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