Three proposed general retention schedules were heard by the State Records Committee today. Each of these general schedules were previously posted on this blog for your input. The Cemetery Records schedule was approved, with the change in title to “Cemetery Management Records”. Burial Records was approved with no changes. Transitory Tracking Records was approved with the understanding that Appointed Records …
Spotlight on Records Officer
Gina Proctor has worked for the Department of Corrections for 10 years and is responsible for managing all GRAMA requests coming into the Department. This is a big job as the Department of Corrections handled 5,499 GRAMA requests last year alone! It was a rough start and her office of two was overwhelmed with the volume, expectation, and requirements of …
SRC Retention Schedule Report
Four proposed general retention schedules were heard by the State Records Committee today. Each of these general schedules were previously posted on this blog for your input. The Official Policy and Procedure Records schedule was approved, but “official” was removed from the title. Operational Policy and Procedures was not approved. Vital Records was approved with no changes. Grievance and Discipline …
Upcoming Events: Utah State Archives
Upcoming Events February through June 2015 The following is a 5 month calendar of Utah State Archives’ training events. To see the complete calendar for 2015 training events and to register, visit our website. All employees of a governmental entity are invited to participate, especially records officers and chief administrative officers. Training events are free of charge. Annual Spring Conference …
New GRAMA Forms Online
We have forms online that agencies can use for GRAMA requests and responses. The newly-updated forms can be found at: http://archives.utah.gov/recordsmanagement/forms/forms-grama.html What’s new about the forms: Updated wording to better reflect the text of the law; Added headers to indicate where the document came from (“Office of the Government Records Ombudsman”, plus a URL to the ombudsman webpage); Added footers to …
Upcoming Events: October – December
Upcoming Events October to December 2014 October 2014 Electronic Records Conference Annual fall conference with presentation focusing on care and management of electronic records. To register visit: http://archives.state.ut.us/cgi-bin/traininglist.cgi October 3, 2014, 9:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Theme: Technology Working for YouThe schedule is currently as follows:9:30-10:30: Terry B. Nelson, Former Director, Salt Lake County Records Management & Archives DivisionTopic: Managing Electronic Records10:40-11:40: …
What Makes A General Retention Schedule
With the recent attention on the proposed Administrative Correspondence general retention schedule, and approval of several new schedules, we thought it a good opportunity to share with our readers what general retention schedules are and their role in records management. The Utah General Retention Schedules are policies created and maintained by the Utah State Archives that describe a group of …
Update: Correspondence General Schedules to be Resubmitted in May
Update: Correspondence General Schedules Up for Public Comment for an Additional 30 Days The proposed correspondence general retention schedules went before to the State Records Committee for approval on April 10, 2014, but were not approved. The Utah State Records Committee provided some clarity to the proposed description and moved to have the schedules up for review for another 30 …