Wyoming
State Archives

Services:

• Analyzing records and obtaining legally approved records retention schedules.
• Training through a variety of workshops, or one-on-one.
• Consulting about records and information management systems.
• Providing off-site storage and reference services of semi-active records of state agencies.
• Publishing and distributing records management manuals.
• Partnering with other agencies to create and make available guidelines for electronic records.
• Advise and educate in the creation, management, use and preservation of public records which are born digitally.
• Identifying the problems associated with managing electronic records, special recordkeeping and accountability concerns that arise in the context of electronic government.
• Developing and providing archival strategies for the identification, management and preservation of electronic records with enduring value.
• Developing and providing strategies for the identification and appropriate disposition of electronic records with short-term value.

Guidelines & Forms

• Records Management Manual
• Executive Branch-General Records Retention Schedules and Retention Requirements
• Instructions for Transferring Time-limited Records
• Certificate Of Records Destruction AR-6 Form
• Timetable Guide for Records Destruction
• Transfer of Records AR-9 Form
• State Records Center Services
• Record Retention Schedules for Cities, Counties, Community Colleges, and selected State Agencies including Records Management Manual
• Electronic Imaging Policy for Political Subdivisions
• Guidelines for Managing Electronic Records
• Request for EDIS Approval
• Transfer of Electronic Records AR-9E Form
• Website Retention Guidelines
• Accountability Exposure Analysis
• Guidelines for Maintaining and Preserving Records of Web-Based Activities
• Instructions for Website Transfer Form
• Website Transfer Form AR-4
• EXECUTIVE ORDER 1999-4: Executive Branch Electronic Mail Policy