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Forms, Policies, & Procedures
Forms, policies, and procedures for the State Records Management Program.
Records Retention Schedules show how long records must be stored based on administrative, fiscal, and legal requirements, as well as their historical value. General Records Retention Schedules list records that are common to many agencies.
Agencies that are part of the State Records Management Program:
- Constitutional Offices, including the Office of the Governor, Lt. Governor, Secretary of the State, State Treasurer, State Comptroller, and State Attorney General
- Agencies in the executive department
- Public colleges and universities
- Quasi-public agencies, like Access Health CT, CT Paid Leave Authority, and several others
Contact the Office of the Public Records Administrator if:
- You have records that you cannot locate on any records retention schedule
- You are not sure if your agency is included in the program
- You are looking for superseded or obsolete records retention schedules
General Retention Schedules
- ADMIN Administrative Records
- PERS Personnel Records
- FISCAL Fiscal Records
- HEALTH Health Records
- EDU Higher Education Records
- INFOSYS Information Systems Records
- VocTech Full-Time Post Secondary Programs in Vocational-Technical School Systems
- LIBRARY Library, Museum, Special Collection, and Archival Records
- PUBSAFTY Public Safety and Emergency Services Records
State Agency Specific Retention Schedules
Records Retention Schedules show how long records must be stored based on administrative, fiscal, and legal requirements, as well as their historical value. Agency Specific Records Retention Schedules list records that are unique to the work of the agency.
State Records Center
The State Records Center Facility provides records storage and destruction services to state agencies free of charge.
Ask Public Records Administration
For questions on managing public records (retention, disposition, etc)