ABSTRACT
Conceivably, source documents can now be electroni-
cally “scanned” to recover lost, electronically stored data.
Clearly, scanning is a more efficient process, but it is still
time-consuming. However, if neither source documents nor
off-site backups exist, actual replacement may become vir-
tually impossible, and the organization faces the question of
whether such a condition can be tolerated. If, in the course of
the assessment, this condition is found, the real issue is that
the information is no longer available, and a determination
must be made as to whether such a condition can be over-
come without bankrupting the private sector organization or
irrevocably compromising a government mission.
