So let's start there for the, for the audience so they know what we're talking about.

Uh, sure.

So, um, so federal, or excuse me, so records management a- as a profession has been around for thousands of years.

Uh, and we, uh, essentially do the same thing.

What we do hasn't really changed, only the tools we use have changed over time.

So, um, records managers manage recorded information, uh, effectively through its natural life cycle.

And all information goes through, uh, a five-stage life cycle: uh, creation, distribution, use, maintenance, and disposition.

Well, explain it to us, yeah