An official website of the Tennessee Secretary of State.
Core Data
RDA Number
1858
Effective Date
Record Series Abstract
Files are comprised of official personnel files for each employee of the department of state. Including applications, files contain documentation of the employee's payroll history with the department. The HR records of the Secretary of State shall not be governed by RDA SW03 and SW19 covering state agencies' human resources records.
Record Series Active
Yes
Cut Off at End of
Other
If Other, Explain
Upon separation of employee
Total Retention Years
75
Total Retention Months
0
Retention End Action
Destroy
Disposition Notes
While employee is actively employed, maintain records in paper format in the Human Resources office of the Secretary of State. Upon separation of employee, personnel files are scanned and the originating paper document is shredded. The electronic records are to be maintained for seventy-five (75) years; then destroy by state approved method.
Worksheet
Record Location
William Snodgrass Tower 312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue 7th Floor Nashville, TN 37243
File Arrangement
Alphabetical
Media Format Generated
Paper
Media Format Stored
Electronic
Paper
Date Range
to
Agency
Allotment Code
30501
Annual Accumulation
5 cu ft; 5 GB
Current Volume
223 cu ft; 10GB
Record Value
Administrative
Fiscal
Legal
Audit Requirements
State
Information Shared Outside the State
No
Essential Record
Yes - Original
Essential Record Stored
Files are to be maintained in agency in paper format for the duration of the file subject's employment. Record is then converted to electronic format and maintained on agency servers for seventy-five (75) years after the separation of the employee.
Essential Record Media Type
Paper
Confidential
No
Does this Record Series Contain Sensitive Information?
No
Agency Retention
75 years
Records Center Retention Period
NA
Retention Legal Citation
NO
Electronic Records Plan Inventory
System Name
Personnel files for employees of the Department of State
Hardware Description
Hardware description on file. All equipment meets or exceeds the current standards of the State’s Strategic Technology Solutions (STS) guidance.
Software Description
Software description on file. All software systems are maintained in accordance with the current standards of the State’s Strategic Technology Solutions (STS) guidance.
System Location
On file
Backup Procedures
Incremental backups of daily, weekly, monthly, and annual backup tapes. Tapes are sent to an approved vendor for storage and rotated/recycled according to agency policy and procedures that meet or exceed the current standards of the State’s Strategic Technology Solutions (STS) office.
Disaster Recovery
Disaster recovery plan on file that meets or exceeds the current standards of the State’s Strategic Technology Solutions (STS) office.
Data Migration Description
Migration Strategy on file that meets or exceeds the current standards of the State’s Strategic Technology Solutions (STS) office.
RDA Comments
Records Management Division (RMD)
03-02-2017
No recommended changes.
Tennessee State Library and Archives
03-03-2017
No recommended changes.
Comptroller Audit Review
03-06-2017
We have reviewed RDA 1858 from an audit standpoint. We concur with the recommended retention and disposition specifications.
Agency Records Officer
03-09-2017
Thank you.
RMD Director
04-19-2017
RDA 1858 is a request to revise an RDA. The retention period will remain seventy-five years. The format will change to paper/electronic. Recommend approval of request to revise RDA 1858.
Public Records Commission
09-07-2017
PRC approves RDA 1858.