An official website of the Tennessee Secretary of State.
RDA Number
2500
Effective Date
Record Series Abstract
State, County, and Municipal Audit Reports. These may include but are not limited to: financial & compliance audit reports, single audit reports, performance audit reports, investigative reports, and attestation engagement reports on state entities, institutions of higher education, counties, municipalities, utility districts, nursing homes, and non-profits.
Record Series Active
Yes
Cut Off at End of
Other
If Other, Explain
Fiscal year after completion of audit.
Total Retention Years
0
Total Retention Months
0
Retention End Action
Permanent
Disposition Notes
Electronic records are maintained on the agency's server. The audit index will show the most recent 10 years and a search feature will be available for historical purposes where you can search for reports older than 10 years. Reports will be sent to TSLA in a pdf format at the end of each fiscal year at the completion of audit for permanent retention.
Agency
Allotment Code
30705 & 30704
Record Location
Agency Server Cordell Hull Building
File Arrangement
Alpha
Date Range
to
Annual Accumulation
250 mb, 1-2 cu. ft. paper
Current Volume
1 gb, 77 cu. ft. paper
Record Value
Administrative
Fiscal
Historic
Legal
Audit Requirements
State
Information Shared Outside the State
Yes
Shared Agencies
Federal Audit Clearinghouse
Essential Record
Yes - Original
Essential Record Stored
Original records are stored in both paper (State Audit and Investigations)and electronic (State Audit and Local Government Audit). Electronic records are stored on agency servers. Paper records are stored in agency.
Essential Record Media Type
Electronic
Confidential
No
Does this Record Series Contain Sensitive Information?
No
Agency Retention
The audit index will show the most recent 10 years and a search feature will be available for historical purposes where you can search for reports older than 10 years. TSLA will receive pdf versions for permanent retention. For State Audit and Investigations, one hard copy published report is stored in agency.
Retention Legal Citation
NO
System Name
agency network servers
Hardware Description
shared folder (CIFS) on our EMC VNX (like a SAN/NAS)
Software Description
Stored on file servers with appropriate folders.
System Location
Cordell Hull Building
Backup Procedures
Backup procedures include nightly tapes, which are stored off-site (Iron Mountain), as well as nightly replication of the database to the COT DR site.
Disaster Recovery
The recovery goal for File Storage Servers - 8 hours.
Data Migration Description
Data stored on File Servers with appropriate document extension.
Legacy Revision UUID
934