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Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett
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RDA
RDA: 11048
Database ID: 1882
Record Series Title: Federally Funded Public Highway-Railroad Grade Crossing Safety Improvement Project Files.
Record Series Abstract: Records created after projects are conducted for safety improvement at public highway-railroad grade crossings. Record may include communications, crash reports, Federal Railroad Administration inventory and collision reports, data history, funding requests, preliminary engineering report, National Environmental Policy Act documents, design documents, project documents, crossing photos, contracts, final inspection documents, invoices/payment vouchers, audit reports, and recommendations for crossing improvements.
Record Series Active: Yes
Cut Off at End of: Other
If Other, Explain: Records are to be cut off when a railroad crossing or the intersecting roadway related to a project is destroyed or taken out of service.
Total Retention: 10 Years 0 Months
Retention End Action: Destroy
Disposition Notes: After cut off: Maintain in agency in electronic or paper format for 10 years then destroy by State approved method.
View Signed Form: Form Not Received
Worksheet
Worksheet ID: 1867
Record Location: 505 Deaderick Street, Suite 1800 Nashville, TN 37243
File Arrangement: Alpha and Numeric.
Media Format Generated: Both
Media Format Stored: Paper/Electronic
Date Range: 1977 to current
Annual Accumulation: Paper: 4.0 cubic feet Electronic: 8.5 GB
Current Volume: Paper: 60 cubic feet Electronic: 47.0 GB
Record Value: Administrative, Fiscal, Legal
Audit Requirements: Both
Reference Frequency:
Current Year per Month: 600
Past Year: 72
2 - 5 Years: 52
Over 5 Years: 30
Data Update Frequency: Daily
Information Shared Outside of State: Yes
If Shared, List Agencies: Federal Highway Administration; Federal Railroad Administration; Local governments; Railroad companies including: CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern, Canadian National, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Kansas City Southern, Union Pacific, Caney Fork and Western, Chattanooga and Chickamauga, RJ Corman, East Tennessee Railway, Heritage Railroad, Hiwasee River, Knoxville and Holston River, KWT, Nashville and Eastern, Nashville and Western, Sequatchie Valley, South Central Tennessee, Tennessee Southern, TennKen, Walking Horse and Eastern, and West Tennessee.
Essential Record: Yes - Original
Essential Record Stored: Original record: Multimodal Transportation Resources Division 505 Deaderick Street, Suite 1800 Nashville, TN 37243 Copies sent to: Federal Highway Administration; Federal Railroad Administration; Local governments; Railroad companies including: CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern, Canadian National, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Kansas City Southern, Union Pacific, Caney Fork and Western, Chattanooga and Chickamauga, RJ Corman, East Tennessee Railway, Heritage Railroad, Hiwasee River, Knoxville and Holston River, KWT, Nashville and Eastern, Nashville and Western, Sequatchie Valley, South Central Tennessee, Tennessee Southern, TennKen, Walking Horse and Eastern, and West Tennessee.
Essential Record Media Type: Electronic
Confidential: Yes
Confidential Legal Citation: TCA 10-7-504; TCA 55-10-114; 23 USC 409; and 49 CFR 24.9
Media Recommendation: Current Format
Media Recommendation Other:
Agency Retention: 10 years
Agency Retention - Years Active:
Agency Retention - Years Inactive:
Records Center Retention Period:
Final Disposition after Retention Expires: Destroy
Legal Citation: TCA 10-7-504; TCA 55-10-114; 23 USC 409; 23 CFR 710.201(f); and 49 CFR 24.9
Record Sample: No Sample
Legal Documentation: No Legal Documentation
Electronic Records Plan Inventory
System Name: K:(12SHARED) = JJ0019083WF012.TDOT.STATE.TN.US-FOLDER (RAILROADS) NOTE: Documents are stored here while active. When inactive records are stored in FileNet.
IT-ABC Number:
Hardware Description: TDOT Multimodal Federal Funded records are on the FileNet server which is housed in a Clustered Enterprise SQL 2008 Environment utilizing these devices: Filenet Content Engines – HP DL580G7 32Proc 128 GIG Ram X 3 boxes Filenet Process Engines – 2 farmed VM boxes against the F5 load balancer FileNet Application Engines – 2 farmed VM boxes against the F5 load balancer with a Hitachi HDI/HCAP Content Platform for data replication to the South Data Center.
Software Description: TDOT Multimodal Federal Funded records are on the FileNet servers which run Windows Server 2008 Enterprise 64-Bit R2 or later with these software packages for each portion of the enterprise software application: FileNet Content Engine 4.5.1 Fix pack 7 FileNet Process Engine 4.5.1 Fix Pack 2 FileNet Application Engine/WorkplaceXT 115.2 FileNet InfoSphere Enterprise Records 4.5.1 Fix pack 2 IBM Websphere 7.0 Fix Pack 27 IBM HTTP Server 7.0
System Location: OIR’s South Data Center, located in Smyrna Tennessee, hosts the servers that will be utilized for the storage to comply with both the Statewide and TDOT Electronic Records Policy.
Backup Procedures: OIR will conduct backup procedures. These procedures consist of daily incremental backups, and weekly total backups on the weekend.
Disaster Recovery: OIR conducts disaster recovery. This procedure is a prioritized process of enabling critical and essential applications first and then continuing through the priority list to less significant applications.
Data Migration Description: TDOT is working directly with the Records Management Division of the Office of the Secretary of State of Tennessee to update RDAs and facilitate the movement of records to the appropriate File Storage System. This process includes the review of RDAs, Records governed by those RDAs, and the movement from previously approved non-electronic formats and out of compliance electronic formats to formats that meet at least the minimum compliance levels of approved and mandated electronic formats.
Metadata Description: Subject/Title Date Created File Format Content Size
Contact Information
Contact Name: Erik Andersen
Job Title: Record Coordinator
Address 1: James K. Polk Bldg., Suite 1800
Address 2: 505 Deaderick Street
City: Nashville
Zip: 37243
Phone: 615-253-1043
Email: Erik.Andersen@tn.gov
Agency: Dept. of Transportation
Agency Head: Clay Bright
Director: Liza Joffrion
Allotment Code: 4056540000
Status
Action Requested: New RDA
Comments
  Date Comments
Records Management Division (RMD): 01-08-2015 No recommended changes.
Tennessee State Libary and Archives: 01-08-2015 No recommended changes.
Comptroller Audit Review: 2015-01-08 We have reviewed RDA 11048 from an audit standpoint. We concur with the recommended retention and disposition specifications.
Agency: 01-09-2015 no recommended changes
RMD Director Recomendations: 01-27-2015 RDA 11048 is a request for a new RDA. The retention period will be ten years and the format will be in paper or electronic format. Recommend approval of RDA 11048.
Signed Form Received: 2015-01-12
PRC Meeting Date: 03-30-2015
PRC Comments: Approved by the PRC.
PRC Action: Approved
RDA History
ID RDA PRC Reviewed PRC Action
1882 11048 2015-03-30 Approved