Electronic records management

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Seamless Flow

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Records management code

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A digitised record

Records management code

The Freedom of Information Act was implemented fully in January 2005. The Act creates a right of access to official information and places a duty on public authorities to publish information in accordance with "publication schemes". In addition, the Act encourages all public authorities to maintain their records in accordance with the provisions of a Code of Practice issued by the Lord Chancellor under section 46 of the Act giving guidance on the practice which, in his opinion, it would be desirable for them to follow in connection with the keeping, management and destruction of records (hereafter referred to as the Records Management Code).

Complying with the Records management code: evaluation workbook and methodology

The National Archives has developed an evaluation workbook to assist public authorities in assessing conformance of their record management systems to the Records Management Code.

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Summary and Introduction(65kb)
How to use this Workbook (89kb)
Module 1: Records management function(69kb)
Module 2: Record Management policy statement(183kb)
Module 3: Roles, responsibilities, training and awareness(132kb)
Module 4: Active records management: records creation and record keeping(130kb)
Module 5: Records maintenance(126kb)
Module 6: Records disposal(109kb)
Module 7: Access regimes for managing FOI requests (117kb)
Module 8: Performance measurement (121kb)
Risk evaluation and development of mitigation strategies(81kb)
Sector specific guidance for records managers(63kb)

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