TSLAC is now accepting public comments on proposed revisions to the Texas State Records Retention Schedule (RRS) and University Records Retention Schedule (URRS). The proposed revisions were published in the March 11 issue of the Texas Register. The schedules posted in the Texas Register are clean versions and do not show all revisions. To aid…
When searching our local retention schedules, you may come across a record series that seems familiar—like a series you have seen before. This is not a sense of déjà vu. Sometimes the same series is included on different schedules, and there is a good reason we do that. In this edition of Remarkable Records, we…
by Brianna Cochran For state agency Records Management Officers or liaisons tasked with recertifying their agency’s records retention schedule, the process can seem a bit overwhelming. This article will help break the process down into more manageable steps. Note: This article only applies to state agencies. For local governments looking to customize their local retention…
With the changing of the seasons from summer to autumn brings in cooler weather, shorter days, and heralds in the spooky season. This season brings harvests, pumpkins, spectacular eye-catching displays, and eerie paranormal searches for the source of morbid curiosities. Searching for a sense of hair-raising sites and information of the departed, where might one…
A common icebreaker question among records professionals is, “What is your favorite record series?” While we all have our own “favorites,” the twelve local government retention schedules include several series one might call “remarkable,” including this one: PW5550-03c WILDLIFE RECORDS Necropsy reports on dead marine mammals. 3 years. By regulation – 9 CFR 3.110(g). Located…
The fourth edition of the Local Schedule EL – Records of Elections and Voter Registration – specifies the revisions, updates and new series passed by Senate Bill 5, 85th Legislature and House Bill 2910, 86th Legislature. The updated schedule EL took effect on March 18, 2020 and published on our Local Retention Schedules page on…
All these questions loom large in the pursuit of creating, growing, and maintaining a records management program. The common denominator is people. Short of those individuals who either report to you or who you work with directly, you are surrounded by potential “problem children”— those unwilling to release their records for archiving or disposal— and…
A new edition of Local Schedule SD – Records of Public School Districts – is effective today, May 23, 2018. The revised schedule was published for adoption in the May 18, 2018 issue of the Texas Register. The new schedule supersedes the 2nd edition. You can find the new edition on our Local Retention Schedules…