Records Management In The Don Everyone'S Responsibility

your responsibilities in support of the DON Records Management Program INclude ▪ Identifying and managing records - regardless of format - to assure they are properly preserved during their lifecycle ▪ Organizing and maintaining records in your custody in an orderly manner so they can be easily filed and retrieved ▪ Completing Records Management training to better understand your legal requirement to create, use, maintain and preserve records ▪ And . . .

You have just received notice of an official records freeze from your Service's Records Manager. You are responsible to:

Per 44 U.S.C. Section 3301, the legal definition of a record is: All documentary materials - regardless of physical form - that have been made or received by an agency of the U.S. Government under federal law or in connection with the transaction of public business, and . . .

Willfully and knowingly destroying a federal record, or failing to follow the appropriate disposition schedule, may result in:

Records management requires the safeguarding, protection and management of federal records - regardless of their format or classification. & Records management requires the safeguarding, protection and management of all items prepared on a government computer - everything is considered a record.

▪ Ensuring compliance with federal laws and regulations on the creation, maintenance and preservation of official records ▪ Safeguarding vital information in the event of an emergency or disaster ▪ Capturing organizational memory ▪ Preserving the legal and financial rights and other interest of the government and citizens by making records accessible ▪ And . . . (Select one of the following):