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Core Data
RDA Number
1949
Effective Date
Record Series Abstract
Records include but not limited to, documentation relating to license qualification requirements by contractors to include questionnaires, equipment lists, and related correspondence.
Record Series Active
Yes
Cut Off at End of
Other
If Other, Explain
When existing prequalification expires.
Total Retention Years
5
Total Retention Months
0
Retention End Action
Destroy
Disposition Notes
After cutoff, maintain in paper format in agency for five (5) years. Records related to license qualification requirements by contractors to include questionnaires, equipment lists, and related correspondence are either scanned from paper to electronic format or created and maintained in electronic format in agency for five (5) years. At the end of the retention period, paper and electronic records will be destroyed by state-approved methods.
Worksheet
Record Location
James K Polk Bldg. Suite 700 Nashville, TN 37243 and Strategic Technology Solutions (STS) North and South Data Centers
File Arrangement
Alpha by contractor name
Media Format Generated
Electronic
Paper
Media Format Generated Summary
Electronic: Text
Paper: Sheet
Media Format Stored
Electronic
Paper
Media Format Stored Summary
Electronic: Text
Paper: Sheet
Date Range
2014 to Current
Agency
Allotment Code
40300
Annual Accumulation
5 cu. ft. / 300 MB
Current Volume
55 cu. ft. / 2 GB
Record Value
Administrative
Legal
Audit Requirements
State
Information Shared Outside the State
No
Essential Record
No
Confidential
No
Does this Record Series Contain Sensitive Information?
No
Agency Retention
5 Years
Electronic Records Plan Inventory
System Name
K: Drive - CNSTRUCT
Hardware Description
Strategic Technology Solutions (STS) managed File Server Storage for TDOT is on 4 Vmware servers. These servers consist of required computer and storage resources for the data housed.
Software Description
These servers run Windows Server 2012 Enterprise 64-bit R2 or later. The servers run the current version of SEP for virus protection. Avamar is the Enterprise backup solution.
System Location
Strategic Technology Solutions (STS) South Data Center (92 Weakley Lane, Smyrna, TN 37167) hosts the servers that are utilized for the storage of the TDOT data managed by STS.
Backup Procedures
Strategic Technology Solutions (STS) will conduct backup procedures. These procedures consist of daily backups that are kept on the Data Domain for 31 days. These are then moved off to ECS and maintained as long term storage.
Disaster Recovery
Strategic Technology Solutions (STS) conducts disaster recovery. This procedure is a prioritized process of enabling critical and essential applications first and then continuing through the priority list to less significant applications. Disaster Recovery begins with the utilization of the STS’s North Data Center for both operations and data. If both STS’s South Data Center and STS’s North Data Center are out of operation, new operations will begin by acquiring appropriate hardware and software from a third party supplier and restoring data from backups.
Data Migration Description
Strategic Technology Solutions (STS) LanCentral manages Agency Data.
RDA Comments
Records Management Division (RMD)
02-04-2021
No recommended changes.
Tennessee State Library and Archives
02-16-2021
No recommended changes.
Comptroller Audit Review
02-08-2021
We have reviewed RDA 1949 from an audit standpoint. We concur with the recommended retention and disposition specifications.
Agency Records Officer
02-16-2021
No recommended changes.
RMD Director
02-17-2021
RDA 1949 is a request to revise an RDA. The retention period will remain five years and destroy. The format will be paper/electronic. The Abstract, Disposition Notes, and Worksheet have been updated. Recommend approval of the request to revise RDA 1949.
Public Records Commission
05-04-2021
PRC approves RDA 1949