Proposals due July 28. The annual e-Records Conference will be held in person at the Commons Conference Center in Austin, Texas, on Friday, November 3. The theme this year is For the Win! Records and Data. This event is organized by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) and co-sponsored with the Texas Department…
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…
Registration for the 2022 e-Records Conference is now open to state agencies and local governments. Be sure to visit the conference webpage for more details about our exciting lineup of speakers and exhibitors. Get a full day of training and networking for the early bird rate of $85 if you sign up by October 28.…
Program Planning and Research Specialist Joshua Clark spoke with Michael Shea of the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) about a recent project of the State Agency Coordinating Committee Records and Information Management (SACCRIM) subcommittee. Michael Shea was the State Records Center Manager for seven years before joining TWC in 2019 as the Records Management Officer. He…
The annual conference returned as a virtual event again in 2021. TSLAC and the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) brought together 52 Texas state agencies, 23 institutions of higher education, and 107 different units of local government from all across the state via Zoom for 2 half-days of learning. Presenters and 490 attendees discussed…
As a valued customer who works for a Texas state agency or local government, we invite you to evaluate our services in this biennial customer service survey. The survey asks you to rate and submit suggestions and comments about the State and Local Records Management division generally and provides opportunities to rate and comment on…
This year we’re going virtual! Normally by now we’ve announced the date of the annual e-Records conference and started posting presentation details. But 2020 has been anything but a normal year. Due to ongoing public health concerns, the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and the Texas Department of Information Resources have decided to move…
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…