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We’ve created a new link to view general retention schedules and series-specific retention schedules submitted for public consideration and State Records Committee approval, which is available at https://archives.utah.gov/recordsmanagement/retention-schedules.html. Refresh the page if you cannot see the new link. This page will be updated regularly as all schedules going before the State Records Committee must be available for public review two

Here by popular demand, a new publication has been added to the Retention Schedule page of our website! The publication, “General Schedule Updates”, is an appendix that lists all new, edited, or obsolete General Schedules to date. Each schedule type (state, county, municipality, school district) is contained in this appendix twice: alphabetically by schedule name and numerically then by schedule

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

Registration openings increased for April 23rd conference! Register yourself or a colleague! Because of the tremendous response we received for this year’s spring conference, we are moving the event to a larger venue. The conference will be held at the Utah State Capitol, State Office Building Auditorium. The date and time will remain the same, Thursday, April 23rd from 9:30

Upcoming Events March through July 2015 The following is a 5-month calendar of training events offered by the Utah State Archives and professional organizations. To see the complete calendar for the Archives’ 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. Utah State Archives’ training events are

As part of the General Schedule Update Project, the Utah State Archives is proposing two new schedules for your consideration. We would like these to be submitted to the State Records Committee’s March 12th meeting. This schedule is for legal counsel requested by governmental entities, not records which would be part of a specific case file. Schedule & Description Retention

As part of the General Schedule Update Project, the Utah State Archives is proposing two new schedules for your consideration. We would like these to be submitted to the State Records Committee’s March 12th meeting. These are for cemetery records. The records kept to document historical information varies from cemetery to cemetery. The goal is to clearly define what information

To register for a training event, please click here. Salt Lake City, UT Basic Records Management I: Records Management 9:00 am to 12:00 pm February 5, 2015 March 26, 2015 This class educates participants about legal responsibilities of government agencies in managing records and information. The leally assigned roles of records officers, chief administrative officers, and the State Archives will

As part of the General Schedule Update Project, the Utah State Archives is proposing three new schedules for your consideration. We would like these to be submitted to the State Records Committee’s January 8th meeting. The first two are Policy and Procedures. The goal is to clearly define what policies and procedures are historical and which have only an administrative

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