Portal Training Materials Now Online

The training materials from our most recent Open Records Portal training sessions have been posted online:   January 17 training (in-person and online) YouTube recording – youtu.be/3VPiYQ-BTis Materials –  archives.utah.gov/recordsmanagement/event_materials/2017-portal-training-january.html   February 3 training (online only) YouTube recording – youtu.be/ZTQGViFDJk0 Materials – archives.utah.gov/recordsmanagement/event_materials/2017-portal-training-february.html    

If you work for a special district, local district, or interlocal, we invite you personally to join one of our upcoming Open Records Portal training sessions:   Tuesday, January 17, 2017 10 AM – 12 PM • Live in person at the State Archives in Salt Lake • Live online at utahstatearchives.adobeconnect.com/onlinetraining/   Friday, February 3, 2017 10 AM – 12

Most of the conference material is available for viewing at the links listed below. This information can also be found on our website at archives.utah.gov/recordsmanagement/event_materials/20161006-fall-conference.html. We plan to post more material over the next week, including any additional reference files (such as spreadsheets, etc.), and cleaned up videos of presentations (with audio fixed as best as possible).   Thanks to everyone for participating in

The GRAMA certification test has been updated. The following changes were implemented: Questions were revised to be less “tricky” Some questions were removed Hyperlinks to the applicable portion of the law were added to each question And here’s a tip: these tests are open book. That means you can access the law, the training materials, and whatever else you like

We will be updating the GRAMA certification test on Monday, June 27 and Tuesday, June 28. The test will be unavailable during the update.   If you are in the middle of taking the GRAMA certification test, now would be a good time to complete it, as all partially-finished tests will be reset at that time.   The records management

We’ve updated our GRAMA PDF to reflect the latest changes to the law, and the new document is available on our website.  We created two versions this time: with adjusted margins so you can print it out and hole-punch it, or with equal margins all around. The following sections of the law were updated (links are to the official legislative webpages): 63G-2-107.

YouTube videos and presentation slides (if applicable) are available for each presentation. Links can be found at archives.utah.gov/recordsmanagement/event_materials/20160401-spring-conference.html and are also provided below: Event Program (contains presenter bios) Program (PDF) Susan Eisenman, Ten Things You Need to Know About GRAMA YouTube video Handout (PDF) Paul Tonks, Legislative Updates YouTube video Presentation slides (PDF) Michelle Larsen, Practical Tips for Classifying Records and Responding to

Please use these links to access the live broadcast on Friday, April 1, 2016: Spring Conference Playlist (contains links to all sessions) 9:00 – 9:10 am: Welcome – Rosemary Cundiff, Government Records Ombudsman 9:10 – 9:40 am: Ten Things You Need to Know About GRAMA – Susan Eisenman, Assistant Attorney General, Division Director 9:55 – 10:25 am: Legislative Updates – Paul Tonks, Assistant Attorney General 10:25 –

Two new pages were added to the Open Records Portal Help Center today: Upload Files Download / View Uploaded Files Each page includes instructions for both requesters and records officers. As always, please let us know if you have any questions or feedback. Thanks!

Fun fact: we celebrate Freedom of Information day on March 16 because that is James Madison’s birthday. If you’ve never heard of James Madison, go look him up: Father of the Constitution, Father of the Bill of Rights, Fourth President of the United States, etc., etc. What, you ask, is Freedom of Information Day? And why James Madison? Freedom of