Global Information Governance Day (GIGD) is a annual observance started by Garth Landers, Tamir Sigal, and Barclay T. Blair in 2012, that occurs on the third Thursday in February, the purpose of Global Information Governance Day is to raise the awareness of information governance.

Information governance is the enforcement of desirable behavior in the creation, use, archiving, and deletion of information held by an organization. Gartner Inc., an information technology research and advisory firm, defines information governance as the specification of decision rights and an accountability framework to encourage desirable behavior in the valuation, creation, storage, use, archival and deletion of information. It includes the processes, roles, standards and metrics that ensure the effective and efficient use of information in enabling an organization to achieve its goals. February is Information Governance Month, coordinated by the American Health Information Management Association. The celebration is coordinated and promoted by information governance experts.

Links:
Association of Records Managers and Administrators

Gartner Information Governance

Forrester Research information governance blog

Barclay Blair Information Governance Definition

EPA 10 Reasons for RM

American Health Information Management Association