Records Management

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-023385",
  "term": "Records Management",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Activities related to the policies, procedures and tracking of records of Agency business from creation to eventual archiving.\n\n2. The planning, controlling, directing, organizing, training, promoting, and other managerial activities related to the creation, maintenance and use, and disposition of records to achieve adequate and proper documentation of Federal policies and transactions and effective and economical management of agency operations. Also called records administration.\n\n3. The planning, controlling, directing, organizing, training, promoting, and other managerial activities involved with respect to records creation, records maintenance and use, and records disposition in order to achieve adequate and proper documentation of the policies and transactions of the Federal Government and effective and economical management of agency operations.",
  "abbreviation": "RM",
  "synonyms": [
    "PAPERWORK MANAGEMENT",
    "RECORDS ADMINISTRATION"
  ],
  "subject": "Information management and systems",
  "references": [
    "EPA BRM",
    "Records Glossary",
    "Enterprise Content Management System Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/records-management/"
}