Records management definition

Records management means the systematic control of all records from creation or receipt through processing, distribution, maintenance and retrieval, to their ultimate disposition.

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Records management. Administration of official government records (record linking/association, record storage/archival, document classification, document retirement, digital rights management).

Records management means the application of management techniques to the creation, use, maintenance, retention, preservation, and disposal of records for the purposes of reducing the costs and improving the efficiency of record keeping. The term includes the development of records control schedules, the management of filing and information retrieval systems, the protection of essential and permanent records, the economical and space-effective storage of inactive records, control over the creation and distribution of forms, reports, and correspondence, and the management of micrographic and electronic and other records storage systems.

Examples of Records management in a sentence

• Should the Attorney General Guidelines on Internal Affairs, which incorporate the Department of State Division of Archives and Records management Records Retention and Disposition Schedule, be changed at any time during the term of this contract to provide for a shorter schedule of records retention than is set forth above, then the Department shall comply with the shorter schedule.

• Records management shall be consistent with the standards and policies in FSM 2360 and standards and procedures in FSH 2309.12 and developed subsequent to execution of this PA.

• Records management responsibilities of this position as prescribed.

• Records management processes and procedures must support Partners’ Audit requirements.

• Records management and document control will be conducted in accordance with DOE Order 200.1, 36 CFR Chapter 12, Subchapter B and the Joint Records Management Strategy for Site Closure.

More Definitions of Records management

Records management means the planning, controlling, directing, organizing, training, promoting, and other managerial activities involved with respect to records creation, records maintenance and use, and records disposition in order to achieve adequate and proper documentation of the policies and transactions of the Federal Government and effective and economical management of agency operations.

Records management means the application of management techniques to the creation, utilization, maintenance, retention, preservation and disposal of records undertaken to reduce costs and improve efficiency of record-keeping. Records management includes management of filing and microfilm equipment and supplies, filing and information retrieval systems, historical documentation, micrographics, records system scheduling and vital records protection.

Records management means the application of management techniques to the creation, use, maintenance, retention, preservation, and destruction of state records for the purposes of improving the efficiency of recordkeeping, ensuring access to public information under Chapter 552, and reducing costs. The term includes:

Records management means the storage and management of physical records and the provision of services relating to physical records, such as transporting and indexing records.

Records management means the management of records from the time of creation through disposition.

Records management means the application of systematic control of recorded information that is required for the administration and operation of TAL

Records management means the application of management techniques to the creation, utilization, maintenance, retention, preservation and disposal of records in order to reduce costs and improve efficiency of recordkeeping. It shall include records retention schedule development, essential records protection, files management and information retrieval systems, microfilm information systems, correspondence and word processing management, records center, forms management, analysis, and design and reports and publications management.