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Frequently asked questions
How can state agencies prepare data for AI and automation while AI governance policies are still evolving?
Preparing for AI doesn't require waiting for perfect policy. It requires establishing clean data hygiene and automated privacy guardrails at the ingestion stage. Iron Mountain equips state leadership to build an AI-ready foundation that is safe by design, no matter how regulations shift.
State agencies safeguard citizen privacy through automated detection, classification, and redaction of PII before files ever feed an AI model. Consolidating physical and digital records into a single, searchable repository breaks down departmental silos and embeds metadata labeling—ensuring future automation runs strictly on trusted, verified assets.
How can state and local government agencies modernize and digitize legacy records without straining personnel?
Iron Mountain can act as an extension of agency teams, providing a hands-free digitization experience. We pack, index, transport, and digitize your physical files at our secure facilities with highly-vetted expert employees - your staff never needs to lift a box.
The Iron Mountain team uses Smart Suite technology to rapidly categorize legacy archives, identifying what can be immediately destroyed according to your own retention rules, drastically reducing the volume of files you actually need to digitize. In fact, our research has found that less than 45% of your inventory requires digitization.
We can also provide full professional services, supplementing your team with our own expert records managers, information governance professionals, and general operational support specialists.
How does digital records modernization improve citizen experience and accelerate public records request response times?
Modern citizens require government services to move at the speed of the private sector. By digitizing high-demand records and integrating them into a searchable database or inside Iron Mountain InSight, staff can fulfill Sunshine Law, FOIA, and other record requests in minutes.
Iron Mountain helps transform citizen services into digital-first experiences, even when paper-based mail is still required. Our Digital Mailroom digitizes, extracts, and classifies data from incoming paper forms to accelerate processing time for benefits, licenses, and permits, letting you deliver results faster for your citizens.