Information Integrity

The Information Integrity Coalition (IIC) is one of the most excitingand importantnon-profit organizations working today. Their goal is to ensure that Information Integrity has a verifiable list of best practices, and that organizations and companies are held accountable. Infogix, a leading organization in the area, defines Information Integrity as “the trustworthiness and dependability of information. More specifically, it is the accuracy, consistency and reliability of the information content, processes and systems.”The IIC holds an annual awards ceremony to recognize both For-Profit and Non-Profit exemplars of the field. The judging panel is made up of individuals who are passionate advocates of Information Integrity. So who made the cut last November at the 14^th annual ceremony? The For-Profit organizations honored included Hannaford Brothers of Scarborough, Maine (Gold Winner), Kraft Foods, Inc. (Silver Winner), and Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited from India (Bronze Winner). On the Non-Profit side, the Helsinki University Central Hospital won Gold, while EKI (a micro-credit organization operating in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina won the Silver. Arghyam, a public charitable water foundation set up in India, took the Bronze.It’s clear that the burden of Information Integrity lies heavy across a variety of fields. Whether you’re buying groceries or trying to fight India’s water challenges, you deserve to have all of the information in a reliable and easy-to-use format. The Internet is now offering more possibilities than ever before, but without groups like the IIC looking over its shoulder, it run the dangerous risk of growing out of control. The website should be updating their website soon with more information about the 2010 awards ceremony. Keep checking to see who is leading the way toward a fuller and more accurate Internet era.