Publications and Advice Sheets for Government

About the Local Records Grant Program
Can an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) System be Funded by a Technology Tools Grant?
Can Public Records Request Tracking Software be Funded by a Technology Tools Grant?
Can Redaction Software be Funded by a Technology Tools Grant?
Can a Scanner be Funded by a Technology Tools Grant?
Can Social Media Capture Software be Funded by a Technology Tools Grant?
Can the Local Records Grant Cover Staff Time?
How a Digital Imaging Grant Can Help
How an Organizing the File Room Grant Can Help
How a Technology Tools Grant Can Help
How Local Records Grant Applications are Scored

Examples of Common Records with Minimal Retention
Examples of Legislators' Records with Minimal Retention
How to Choose Between Multiple Records Series
How to Determine the Correct Records Series
How to Navigate Records Retention Schedules
How to Research Previous Retention Schedules
Impact of Public Records Requests on Records Retention
Internal Review/Investigation of Notorious/Historically Significant Incidents within the Law Enforcement Agency's Jurisdiction
Notorious/Historically Significant Case Files/Inmate Records
Notorious/Historically Significant Court Exhibits and Recordings of Proceedings
Notorious/Historically Significant Legal Case Files
Records of Survey Filed with the County Auditor (Paper vs. Mylar)
Strategies for Managing Sensitive Payment Cardholder Data
Strategies for Managing Sex Offender Case Records
Strategies for Managing Smart Meter Data/Records

Student Cumulative Folders vs. Official Student Records
What are Personnel Files?
What are Records Retention Schedules?
What are Records Series?
What Does "Exhaustion of Appeals Process" Mean?
What Does "Until No Longer Needed for Agency Business" Mean?
What is a Non-Archival Record?
What is an Archival Record?
What To Do When a Student Moves to a New District
What To Do With Non-Work-Related Appointments in Calendars
What To Do With Public Defender Case Files and Indigence Determinations
What To Do With State Publications
What To Do With Subject Files
Which Litigation Case Files are "Significant"?
Which Records Series (DANs) Do Law Enforcement Agencies Use for Employee Misconduct Records?
Why are Public Records Requests Kept for 2 Years?
Why Isn't There Just One "Transitory" Records Series?