PWS - Records Management

Do you have a question about records management in the GNWT? Check out the records management bulletins for the answer. Each month, we put out a bulletin on a different records management topic. The bulletins are written for all GNWT employees. To find out more or to be placed on our mailing list, contact your department’s Records Coordinator, or contact the Records Management Unit.

The bulletins are in PDF format. Click on the title to open a bulletin.

Number	Title	Date
52	Sharing Information	February 2008
51	Training Needs Assessment	August 2006
50	Electronic Records vs Document Management Systems	July 2006
49	Changes to Records Centre Services	June 2006
48	Retention and Disposition of E-mail	May 2006
47	Guide to E-mail Etiquette	March 2006
46	ARCS Updates	February 2006
	2005 Index	December 2005
45	Office Organized: Episode 2	December 2005
44	Reviewing and Approving Records Dispositions	October 2005
43	Guidelines: Managing E-Mail	September 2005
42	Policy: Management of Electronic Information	August 2005
41	Implementing the Transitory Records Schedule	July 2005
40	Office Organized: The Records Management Show	June 2005
39	Office Moves	May 2005
38	Records Management Training and Employment	April 2005
37	Office of Primary Responsibility	March 2005
36	Records Management Housekeeping: Fiscal Year End	February 2005
35	Managing Government Publications	January 2005
	2004 Index	December 2004
34	Evaluating a Departmental RM Program	November 2004
33	Records Management Services	October 2004
32	Microfilming Records	September 2004
31	Planning for Disasters	August 2004
30	Managing Backlogs	July 2004
29	Records Management for New Employees	June 2004
28	Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act	May 2004
27	Creating Records	April 2004
26	Department Records Manual	March 2004
25	Records Management Diseases	February 2004
24	NWT Archives: Government Records Appraisal	January 2004
	2003 Index	December 2003
23	Tertiaries and Quaternaries	December 2003
22	File Lists and Indexes	November 2003
21	Filing Cabinets and Other Records Storage	October 2003
20	Retrieving Records from the Records Centre	September 2003
19	Records Disposition	August 2003
18	GNWT Records Centre	July 2003
17	The NWT Archives	June 2003
16	Records Management Personnel: Summer Students	May 2003
15	How Do I File	April 2003
14	Managing Your E-mail Messages	March 2003
13	Recorded Information Management Policy	February 2003
12	Reading a Retention Schedule	January 2003
	2002 Index	December 2002
11	The Operational Records Classification System (ORCS)	December 2002
10	Ownership of Records	November 2002
9	The Structure of the GNWT ARCS	October 2002
8	Administrative vs. Operational Records	September 2002
7	Records Disposition Authority	August 2002
6	The Life Cycle of Records	July 2002
5	What do I file? Part 2: Master vs. Copy Records	June 2002
4	What do I file? Part 1: Substantive vs. Transitory Records	June 2002
3	What is Records Management?	May 2002
2	What is a Record?	December 2001
1	Introducing ARCS and ORCS	December 2001

Revised 28 Nov 2005