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e-Records 2024: Early Bird Rate Extended!

We have less than 40 seats available for the 2024 e-Records conference on November 22 in Austin. Don’t miss out! The early bird rate of $85 has been extended to November 8. Register now and save $15 on a full day of training and networking. Be sure to visit the conference webpage to read about…

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Registration for e-Records 2024 Now Open!

When: Friday, November 22, 2024Where: Commons Conference Center in Austin, Texas Registration for the 2024 e-Records Conference is now open! You can register through the registration portal. You can also visit the event portal at this link: tsl.texas.gov/slrm/training/registration24. To launch registration, click “For Attendees.” Be sure to visit the conference webpage to read about our…

SACCRIM Education Pamphlet on Navigating Change

Program Planning and Research Specialist Joshua Clark spoke with Veronica Barnes of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) about the educational pamphlet of the State Agency Coordinating Committee Records and Information Management (SACCRIM) subcommittee. Check out the previous educational pamphlets here. This interview was conducted by email between April and May 2023 and has…

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Records Management Bills in the 88th Legislative Session

More than 7,800 House and Senate bills were filed this session. Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) is again tracking those bills with the potential to affect the retention and disposition of government records in Texas. For the 88th Legislative Session, we identified about 110 bills that change retention periods, modify reporting requirements, or…

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Cybersecurity Resources for Texas Local Governments

On Friday, August 16, over twenty local government entities in Texas were targeted by a coordinated ransomware attack. This incident is the most recent in a year marked by cyberattacks on state and local governments across the country. Several state and federal agencies are investigating and actively working with the impacted Texas entities to help…

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How long do we keep expunction orders?

Picture this: you’ve gathered up all the records subject to an expunction order and you’re ready to return, destroy or redact them as directed by the court. Then you look at the expunction order. It identifies the person in the order and it’s a government record. What do you do with it? Based on how…

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FAQ: Are Text Messages Records?

It’s been almost 6 years since we addressed this question originally. In that time, the popularity of text messaging (“texting”) has skyrocketed while awareness that text messages (“texts”) are potentially government records has increased very little. Here we go again! The definition of a government record in Texas is media neutral. A record is defined…