Posts pertaining to Texas state agencies.
We announced that we are updating the Texas State Library and Archives Commission’s guidance and best practice for Inventorying and Scheduling Records aka Bulletin C! This announcement was made during our State and Local Government RMO meetings on April 19, 2022 and April 21, 2022. Bulletin C: Inventorying and Scheduling Records, contains helpful tips on…
As public servants, records and information management (RIM) is a simple fact of life—statute applies to us all. However, regulation does not imply homogeneity, and RIM programs are as unique as the entities that create them. April is RIM month, and we at TSLAC want to take a moment to celebrate all the different RIM…
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…
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…
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 schedules, see this…
The records management assistance unit at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) receives many questions from state agencies when it comes to recertifying retention schedules. A question we commonly receive concerns the “R” code; what does “R – Archival Review” mean, and what does the State Archives have to do with it? TSLAC…
Records Series Item Numbers (RSINs) are the unique string of characters that TSLAC uses to identify each series on the State Records Retention Schedule (RRS) and its supplement, the University Records Retention Schedule (URRS). These are “theory documents” that are nonetheless published as administrative rules for state agencies. The heck does that mean? By “theory…
The determination of retention periods is based on a review of the administrative, fiscal, legal, and historical value of the information being created or received in the course of conducting business. Every legislative session, lawmakers propose a multitude of measures that affect the management of existing records or create new types of records. This year…