​Understanding Records Management

​All public employees need appropriate records to do their jobs. Proper recordkeeping and sound records management help assure effective and efficient administration of programs, fulfill legal responsibilities, provide an adequate audit trail, and record the history oand intent of public policy. Records management is the systematic control of recorded information, regardless of format, from original creation to ultimate disposition.

These guidelines will assist public employees in the different aspects of good records management.

​​Records Retention Schedules

• Local Government Records Retention Schedules
• State Government Records Retention Schedules
  

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Records Retention Guidelines

• ​​Retention Scheduling Guidelines
• Records Retention Scheduling (Local Records Branch)
• Destruction​ Guidelines
• Emergency/Disaster Preparedness (Local Records Branch)
• Preservation Checklist for Government Officials​
  
  

Records Management Guidelines

• Managing Government Records
• Benefits of Records Management (Local Records Branch)
• Electronic Records
  
• Records Transfer
  
• Records Destruction
  
• Records Destruction (Local Records Branch)
• Records Preservation​
  
• Telework and Records (Local Records Branch)
  

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