Documents/DOLO/6: Transparency/8.1.8: Record Keeping

8.1.8: Record Keeping

Meet Records Management requirements and ensure the timely transfer of all permanently valuable records to the National Archives.

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The Department is committed to meeting its Records Management requirements and ensuring the timely transfer of all permanently valuable records to the National Archives. The Department’s Records Management Program objectives are to: • Provide effective control, appropriate security, and management over the creation, maintenance, use and disposition of all records within the Department regardless of recording media. • Ensure that the records accurately reflect the business practices, polices, and transactions of the Department. • Foster effective and economical Departmental record keeping. • Ensure care, preservation and disposition of the Department’s records. • Coordinate records management activities with other information management and Departmental activities. • Ensure all DOL employees are well-informed of their records management responsibilities. • Prevent the unauthorized access, removal, and loss of Departmental records. A detailed description of the Department’s records management program is available at http://www.dol.gov/dol/records/.

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