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Since 1948, Naremco Services, Inc., and its research and educational predecessor, the National Records Management Council, have provided leadership and innovation in the field of information management.

The Council was:

• Founded in 1948 by representatives of business, government, archival and historical professions. It emerged from and carried on the work of the New York Committee on Business Records, the Society of American Archivists, the Business Historical Society, the American Historical Society and the Economic History Association.
  
  
• Incorporated as a non-profit, educational and research organization to improve business documentation, study and install business information systems, improve office procedures and conduct advanced research in administrative and records systems.
  
  
• Originally funded by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation and provided with facilities and administrative support from New York University.
  

In its educational and research roles, the Council:

• Published guidelines that set industry standards for filing systems, records centers, and engineering documents, and compiled the first index to Federal records retention requirements.
  
  
• Organized and lectured in the first accredited records management course offered at the university level in 1948 at the New York University Graduate School of Business Administration, and continues to lecture on administrative management at colleges and universities across the country.
  
  
• Sponsored the first conference on records management in 1950, which was held annually for about a decade.
  
  
• Funded fellowship programs to support research on information management at New York University and Fordham University.
  
  
• Acted, in 1956, as the only non-governmental agent of the Civil Defense Administration to test the effects of an atomic explosion on records, microfilm, engineering documents, and records storage equipment.

The Council has pioneered creative systems for records management and information control, developing records inventory techniques, retention schedule methodologies, and uniform office procedures that continue to be used as professional standards today. Among the Council's early clients were the City of New York, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Bethlehem Steel, the Rockefeller Family, and the states of Rhode Island and Illinois.

In 1957, the National Records Management Council formed Naremco Services, Inc., the first management consulting organization to specialize in administrative and records management systems. Naremco was established to apply the Council's proven methodologies on a broader basis to the solution of individual client problems.

Today, Naremco Services, Inc., offers a broad range of management consulting services. The firm's areas of practice have evolved from a records focus in the 1940s to an integrated systems approach, as information management has become a professional discipline. Naremco brings to each client engagement a strong record of service, achievement, leadership and innovation.