Information Requirements Clearinghouse FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

What does IRCH do?
What is records retention?
Why is records retention so important today?
Does a retention program really require legal research?
Why should an organization have a legally-defensible retention schedule?
How can IRCH help with your retention program?
Who is Donald Skupsky?
What is the Skupsky Method?
What is Legal Requirements for Business Records?
Legal Requirements for Business Records originally began as a loose-leaf service in 1984 to disseminate legal research related to records retention and other legal requirements affecting records. In 1998, the service became a computer-based CD-ROM publication, with sophisticated searching capabilities using either word occurrences in the laws or links from the indexes. With this product, users can find laws related to a wide spectrum of record issues.
What is Retention Manager?
How are Legal Requirements for Business Records and Retention Manager different?
Who should use your software products?
Can I develop a retention schedule in Retention Manager and apply it to electronic records?
How do I keep my records retention program and legal research current?
Can you send me a retention schedule or can I find one in your books?
Do you have retention schedules or legal research for specific industries such as securities, insurance or manufacturing?
What is the fastest way to develop a records retention schedule?
Who must be involved in the development of the retention program?
Do you publish any other materials?
Being new to records management, which IRCH products would be helpful?
How do I learn how to use your software?
What other services do you offer?
What are the technical requirements for your software?
Where can I purchase your products?
How can I contact you?