Let’s face it 2016 was a whirl wind!  We had elections, shake ups, violence, fallen celebrities and even a World Series for the Cubs! And, did you know that the FOIA laws changed again in 2016?  Are you up to speed with those changes?  As a citizen, it is important for you to know what your rights are.  As a Records Manager, you and your team, may be required to respond to FOIA Requests.  Join us on Tuesday, February 14^th at 8:30 am for a Breakfast Meeting at Marshall Gerstein & Borun.  Cheryl Banke, CRM and Founder of Belvedere Consulting, LLC will be presenting “One FOIA at a Time”.   Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to: 

• Understand the history of FOIA
• Learn about FOIA exemptions
• Learn what it’s like to handle FOIA requests
• Learn how to make FOIA requests
• Learn about the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016
• Learn about what types of technology organizations use to process FOIA requests

Cheryl Banke is a Certified Records Manager with over 20 years of records management experience.  She is the Founder of Belvedere Consulting, LLC and previously worked at Argonne National Laboratory heading up their Enterprise Content and Records Management initiatives.  Prior to the Lab, Cheryl was the Director of Records & Information Management Governance at Hyatt Hotels Corporation and has also worked in manufacturing and services industries.  She focuses on bringing organizations to the new millennium with change management and technologies that allow them to preserve the records needed, while disposing of non-records and records that have met their retention in a timely fashion.