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Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett
Records Management Division
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RDA
RDA: 10183
Database ID: 1448
Record Series Title: WORKERS' COMPENSATION SYSTEM
Record Series Abstract: TO RECORD AND MAINTAIN INFORMATION RELATED TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION INCLUDING CLAIMS FORMS, MEDIATION FORMS, SETTLEMENT DOCUMENTS, MEDICAL RECORDS, DRUG FREE WORKPLACE APPLICATIONS, MEDICAL IMPAIRMENT RATING REGISTRY DOCUMENTS, COMPLIANCE PROGRAM DOCUMENTS, PENALTY PROGRAM DOCUMENTS, AND SPECIALISTS ORDERS
Record Series Active: Yes
Cut Off at End of: Calendar Year
If Other, Explain: N/A
Total Retention: 75 Years 0 Months
Retention End Action: Destroy
Disposition Notes: All paper records produced are sent to the Nashville office for scanning. Once received, they are segregated by type, batched and scanned into the Division's document management system, soon after their receipt. They are uploaded to a secure server that is backed-up daily, verified for completeness, accuracy and legibility and the paper documents are placed in locked and secured bins and destroyed in state-approved methods. Records will be kept until retention ends and destroyed by state approved methods.
View Signed Form: Form Not Received
Worksheet
Worksheet ID: 1448
Record Location: 220 French Landing Drive, Nashville, TN 37243
File Arrangement: Alpha and by Year
Media Format Generated: Both
Media Format Stored: ELECTRONIC
Date Range: 1935 - Present
Annual Accumulation: Estimated amount is 300GB electronic files and 850 cubic feet paper
Current Volume: 100 GB electronic files 850 cubic feet paper
Record Value: Administrative, Legal
Audit Requirements: State
Reference Frequency:
Current Year per Month: 25
Past Year: 300
2 - 5 Years: 100
Over 5 Years: 50
Data Update Frequency: Daily
Information Shared Outside of State: No
If Shared, List Agencies: N/A
Essential Record: TRUE
Essential Record Stored: Electronic files and copies of paper documents are stored in the Division\'s Document Management System.
Essential Record Media Type: Electronic
Confidential: Yes
Confidential Legal Citation: TCA 50-6-406
Media Recommendation: Current Format
Media Recommendation Other: N/A
Agency Retention: 75 years
Agency Retention - Years Active: 5 years
Agency Retention - Years Inactive: 70 years
Records Center Retention Period: N/A
Final Disposition after Retention Expires: Destroy
Legal Citation: YES, TCA 50-6-201
Record Sample: No Sample
Legal Documentation: No Legal Documentation
Electronic Records Plan Inventory
System Name: SmartSearch by Square-9 v 4.0.0.0
IT-ABC Number: CG13WC001
Hardware Description: Electronic content software is running on a Windows Server 2012 R2 server virtual guest on VMWare. The VMWare server is connected via fiber optic cable to a storage area network where all data resides. The virtual server and SAN storage are replicated for business continuity in the event of a disaster or outage.
Software Description: SmartSearch by Square-9 v 4.0.0.0
System Location: Data Center South (92 Weakley Lane, Smyrna, TN)
Backup Procedures: The Office for Information Resources uses Symantec’s Enterprise Netbackup Server version 7.5 currently to backup systems. The latest and last update to version 7.5 is release update 7 (version 7.5.0.7) All core operating systems, applications, databases and data are backed up unless otherwise instructed by the System Administrator. All servers unless requested otherwise, receive a backup directive in Netbackup termed ‘All local disks’ which backs up all local drives except for those that use removable media. The following drives are not backed up: floppy disks, CD-ROMs, and any drives that are located on remote systems but mounted on a system through the network. All files are selected to be backed up on the servers, however in certain cases some files cannot be (such as files that are in use by users, open and active databases, etc). If the server is Windows based, we have the ability to enable an open file backup option for the server. This functionality uses Microsoft’s Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to create a disk volume snapshot to backup open files. The open file agent works well for office files such as spreadsheets and documents, but still cannot completely backup items such as active databases. If the OIR hosted server is a database server, please make sure you are backing up your databases to flat files which can be picked up easily by Symantec Netbackup. The standard OIR backup policy schedule instructs all servers to run incremental backups daily. This incremental backup is smaller in size and backs up all files that have changed since the previous night’s backup. On the last Friday of the month, all servers perform a Full system backup. This full backup backs up all files on the server regardless of when the files were last modified or previously backed up. The timeframe for both daily and monthly backup jobs occurs no earlier than 6:00pm daily. The daily incremental backup policy is followed every day (Monday through Sunday) until the last weekend of the month. During the last Friday of every month – a full backup is done which we refer to as the ‘Monthly backup’. This monthly (full) backup is a normal full system backup that is kept offsite on tape for seven (7) years at Iron Mountain. Incremental backups are only kept for a period of 30 days since most restores usually occur from that time period. Since all backups within 30 days are kept onsite on faster disk storage, restores can be completed very quickly. If a restore is needed from 3 weeks ago, the data is from that particular day and the data is onsite at the datacenter. If a restore is requested from 3 months ago, we will recall that server’s monthly backup tape and the data will be from the last full (Friday) from that particular month.
Disaster Recovery: For disaster recovery purposes, both daily incremental and weekly full backup images stored locally on fast disk storage systems for 30 days are replicated to the alternate datacenter. So, when a backup occurs overnight to a server at the north datacenter – that same backup image is replicated to the fast disk storage units at datacenter south (and vise versa).
Data Migration Description: These electronic records will remain on the state network in the SANS shared environment until which time the software would be replaced. At that time, a conversion plan would be outlined and the records would be migrated to a new system prior to the sunset of the existing system.
Metadata Description: There are 115 different searchable fields within the Smart Search application. A few examples would be claimant name, company name, injury date, document type, and document format.
Contact Information
Contact Name: Andrea L Draper
Job Title: Administrative Assistant 3
Address 1: 220 French Landing Drive
Address 2: Floor 1, Bldg. B
City: Nashville
Zip: 37243
Phone: 615-532-1228
Email: Andrea.Draper@tn.gov
Agency: Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development
Agency Head: Abbie Hudgens, Workers\' Comp Administrator
Director: Jeff Francis
Allotment Code: 337.03
Status
Action Requested: New RDA
Comments
  Date Comments
Records Management Division (RMD): 01-14-2016 No recommended changes.
Tennessee State Libary and Archives: 01-14-2016 No recommended changes.
Comptroller Audit Review: 2016-01-14 We have reviewed RDA 10183 from an audit standpoint. We concur with the recommended retention and disposition specifications.
Agency: 01-19-2015 “Agency agrees with Records Management, TSLA, and Audit.”
RMD Director Recomendations: 02-01-2016 RDA 10183 is a request to revise an RDA. The retention period will remain seventy-five years and then destroy. The format will remain electronic. The Abstract and electronic inventory sections have been updated. Recommend approval of request to revise RDA 10183.
Signed Form Received: 2016-01-21
PRC Meeting Date: 02-25-2016
PRC Comments: PRC approves RDA 10183.
PRC Action: Approved
RDA History
ID RDA PRC Reviewed PRC Action
1448 10183 2016-02-25 Approved