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How to Organize Records

Organizing Electronic Records...

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Organizing Paper Records...

  • Are Fire-Proof Safes/Cabinets Required?

  • Organizing the File Room Workshop

  • Local Records Organizing the File Room Grants

  • Selecting Appropriate Records Storage Areas

  • Selecting Appropriate Shelving for Records Storage

  • How to Box Records...

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Records Retention Schedules

State Government Agencies

Local Government Entities

How to...

Go Paperless ("Scan & Toss")

Inventory Records

Destroy Non-Archival Records

Transfer Archival Records

Laws and Rules

Preservation and Destruction of Puclic Records (chapter 40.14 RCW)

Preservation of Electronic Records (WAC 434-662)

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