ARO Resources

Records and Information Management

What is an appointed records officer (ARO)?

An appointed records officer is "the individual appointed by the chief administrative officer… to work with State Archives in the care, maintenance, scheduling, designation, classification, disposal, and preservation of records." (See Utah Code 63G-2-103(27)

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Responsibilities

A records officer may have some or all of the following responsibilities:

  • Respond to records requests (Utah Code 63A-12-103(2))
  • Manage agency record series (retention schedules are part of series) (Utah Code 63A-12-103(2))
  • Certify via the online test (Utah Code 63G-2-108)
  • Receive training on GRAMA and RIM (Utah Code 63A-12-103(3))
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Using DARS Services

Records officers may be a GRAMA records officer (ARO-GRA) or a records and information management records officer (ARO-RIM) or both. These distinctions are for your agency's ease in tracking who does what; both types of records officers can utilize all of the Division of Archives and Records Service’s (DARS) services.

A records officer may utilize the following DARS services:

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