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Public Sector · 18 months

Defensible retention across 340 million records

Federal regulatory agency

340M
Records classified
72%
Redundant data disposed
Zero
Audit findings

Engagement

  • Public Sector
  • 18 months

The situation

Retention schedules existed on paper but were not enforced by any system. Legal hold was managed on a spreadsheet.

What we did

  1. 01Rebuilt the retention schedule against statutory obligations.
  2. 02Implemented automated classification and disposal workflows.
  3. 03Replaced manual hold tracking with system-enforced legal hold.
  4. 04Documented the evidence chain for inspector general review.

Outcome

  • 72% of redundant, obsolete and trivial data disposed defensibly.
  • Legal hold applied and released automatically with full audit trail.
  • Zero findings at the following records audit.

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