What if I asked you, “Where can you find the retention period for local government grant records?” You wouldn’t be wrong to go to Grant Development and Administrative Records in Schedule GR (GR1025-08). But wait! That’s not the whole picture. At the top of Local Schedule GR, Part 2, note (b) significantly expands the definition…
Summer is right around the corner with box office hits and wonders from the silver screen. This summertime let’s take a different route for movies. Instead of the typical blockbusters that epitomize the season, let’s explore a more suave thriller. Here we’ll go over the records and information management (RIM) possibilities that noir movies have…
Publications and public relations, two purposes with similar actions yet perform two different functions in their execution. In records designation both publication and public relations records can become mixed up due to the similarities such as how the records dispense out information, but the overall business tasks of each is what makes them distinct from…
by Erica Rice Every state agency and local government creates and maintains employee records. Often maintained in individual files for each employee, the personnel file is added to regularly throughout its active life, and it may often be consulted during its long inactive life. We create and use personnel records to hire, re-hire, train, evaluate,…
Today’s Analyst Tip video addresses the mysterious (or not the so mysterious) shading that we’ve used on some of our local schedules. What does it mean when something is darker gray and why? Watch to find out! Have an idea for a future Analyst Tips video? Let us know! Email us today at slrminfo@tsl.texas.gov or…