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All, Thank you to all those you who responded and I have tried my best to thank all those individually. There was very valuable and useful comments and considerations. I apologise to those where I have not personally replied (I am trying to locate you all!) but you have all been very helpful which makes this list such a fantastic resource and networking tool. Here is a summary in no particular order, of the ideas, thoughts and considerations in a generic form for those working from home (WFH). I hope it provides some useful ideas for the group and others. Knowledge Management / Information sharing - how do you know what is held by those working from home? A proposal - what about not providing printers for those who WFH to prevent paper records offsite? (although staff will probably always find a way!) Think about issues of damage, loss, theft, unauthorised viewing/hacking, inaccessibility, disposal and misfiling. For instance usage of equipment by family members, leaving laptops on the back seat of cars, throwing away information for it to end up on a land fill site. Consider appropriate measures with regards to storage devices such as USB data keys, cd burners, floppy disks and local drives. Staff who WFH are subject to the same rights and liabilities as other staff. Be aware of data protection and freedom of information implications (among others) for the information held by people WFH. Think about introducing procedures and legal agreements (contractual) with staff. People who WFH to bring in all their information for disposal back to HQ/Base to be destroyed. Once again a big thank you to all those who contributed. Thanks Mark >>> Mark Brookes <[log in to unmask]> 30/06/04 11:39:46 >>> Hi, I would appreciate your thoughts on or off list on any special considerations to be made regarding records management and where staff work from home. Some staff may only report into head quarters on several occasions each year. I can see issues about ensuring secure disposal of information and security but have any other list members know of other areas that should be addressed? Or perhaps you may be aware of other factors or considerations that need to be taken into account. Any help or suggestions are most welcome as I just have begun to tackle this challenging area. Regards Mark This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the IS Help Desk - [log in to unmask] This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the IS Help Desk - [log in to unmask]