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A retention period (associated with a retention schedule or retention program) is an aspect of records and information management (RIM) and the records life cycle that identifies the duration of time for which the information should be maintained or "retained", irrespective of format (paper, electronic, or other). Retention periods vary with ...
Temporary records at WNRC are either retained for a fee or destroyed after retention times have elapsed. WNRC also offers research services and maintains a small research room. Across the United States, the National Archives maintains both research facilities and additional federal records centers (FRCs).
The Federal Records Act was created following the recommendations of the Hoover Commission (1947-49). [1] It implemented one of the reforms proposed by Emmett Leahy in his October 1948 report on Records Management in the United States Government, with the goal of ensuring that all federal departments and agencies had a program for records management.
Access to records is getting harder under new local right-to-know policies and guidance the New Hampshire Municipal Assoc. gives local officials. Public records that shed light on government’s ...
“The public records law is designed to bring transparency to the taxpayer as the government spends their precious tax dollars,” Landry said in a statement to the Illuminator. “During my time ...
An inactive record is a record that is no longer needed to conduct current business but is being preserved until it meets the end of its retention period, such as when a project ends, a product line is retired, or the end of a fiscal reporting period is reached. These records may hold business, legal, fiscal, or historical value for the entity ...
Critics say the auto-deleting of messages allows officials to skirt the California Public Records Act and the city's own document retention policies. L.A. city officials use disappearing Google Chats.
Retention schedules are an important aspect of records management.Many organizations are subject to rules and regulations (at the local, state or federal level) that govern for how long they are required to keep records before they can safely dispose of them.