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Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett
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RDA: 539
Database ID: 2357
Record Series Title: Building Plans, Inspection Documents, and Related Documents
Record Series Abstract: These records are held by the Fire Prevention Division and its individual sections, except for Manufactured Housing. These records include, but are not limited to, Building Plans, Specifications, Inspection Documents, Submittal Forms, Administrative Documents and Correspondence, Manuals and Complaints.
Record Series Active: Yes
Cut Off at End of: Other
If Other, Explain: The end of the fiscal year in which the record is received by the department.
Total Retention: 20 Years 0 Months
Retention End Action: Destroy
Disposition Notes: Documents will be maintained in either paper or electronic format as long as the electronic file has been verified for completeness and accuracy. Paper records will be maintained in Agency for one year, then sent to the State Record Center for 19 years. The electronic records will be kept on the OIR server with FileNet and an NAS drive and will be destroyed by state approved methods after being verified for completeness and accuracy.
View Signed Form: Form Not Received
Worksheet
Worksheet ID: 2357
Record Location: 500 James Robertson Parkway Davy Crockett Tower, Nashville, TN 37423 Nashville, TN 37243
File Arrangement: Numeric and Alpha
Media Format Generated: Both
Media Format Stored: Paper/Electronic/Film
Date Range: 1976-present
Annual Accumulation: 2 terabytes
Current Volume: 1250 rolls of microfilm, 50 cubic ft, 254 GB
Record Value: Administrative, Legal
Audit Requirements: Both
Reference Frequency:
Current Year per Month: 5
Past Year: 4
2 - 5 Years: 3
Over 5 Years: 2
Data Update Frequency: Yearly
Information Shared Outside of State: No
If Shared, List Agencies:
Essential Record: Yes - Original
Essential Record Stored: NAS drive
Essential Record Media Type: Electronic
Confidential: Yes
Confidential Legal Citation:
Media Recommendation: Current Format
Media Recommendation Other:
Agency Retention: One (1) year in paper format, and 20 (20) years in electronic format
Agency Retention - Years Active: N/A
Agency Retention - Years Inactive: 20 years
Records Center Retention Period: 19
Final Disposition after Retention Expires: Destroy
Legal Citation: Only certain records are confidential. Plans for government buildings and schools are confidential by T.C.A. § 10-7-504
Record Sample: No Sample
Legal Documentation: No Legal Documentation
Electronic Records Plan Inventory
System Name: Records are stored digitally on Enterprise Content Management (FileNet) and also on the 10700 GS NASCodesEnforcement NAS drive.
IT-ABC Number: Check with General Services for this information
Hardware Description: Records are stored on a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device and the FileNet storage device. The NAS device is accessed via a Network drive controlled by AD group policy. FileNet is accessed via a web interface along with a defined userid and password.
Software Description: The NAS device is accessed via a Network drive controlled by AD group policy. FileNet is accessed via a web interface along with a defined userid and password. Both are accessed via the state’s local area network (LAN).
System Location: Records are located in the State of Tennessee Data Center(s) and controlled by STS.
Backup Procedures: Daily Incremental tape backups (An incremental backup is a type of backup that only copies files that have changed since the last full backup.)Weekly Full-Backup – done once a week o Monthly-Backup – once completed tape is sent to offsite storage
Disaster Recovery: Restore from Incremental-Backup Restore from weekly Full-Backup Restore from monthly Full-Backup
Data Migration Description: We have many rolls of microfilmed plans that have been digitized and are stored on an NAS drive. Once we have this RDA established, we should be able to destroy the microfilm and delete many of the old digitized scans.
Metadata Description: the digitized data is saved as a pdf, jpg, png, giif of variable length as a digitized document.
Contact Information
Contact Name: Susan Page
Job Title: Records Officer
Address 1: 500 James Robertson Parkway
Address 2:
City: Nashville
Zip: 37243
Phone: 615-253-8397
Email: Susan.J.Page@tn.gov
Agency: Dept. of Commerce and Insurance
Agency Head: Hodgen M. Mainda - Commissioner
Director: Chris Bainbridge
Allotment Code: 33503
Status
Action Requested: Revision
Comments
  Date Comments
Records Management Division (RMD): 02-22-2018 Please provide a more specific cut off. Update 3-1-18: Agency provided a more specific Cut Off.
Tennessee State Libary and Archives: 02-22-2018 TSLA concurs in RMD comment. Update 3-1-18: No recommended changes.
Comptroller Audit Review: 2018-02-22 Audit concurs with RMD comments. 3-7-18: We have reviewed RDA 539 from an audit standpoint. We concur with the recommended retention and disposition specifications.
Agency: 03-09-2018 Agency concurs with no recommended changes.
RMD Director Recomendations: 03-20-2018 RDA 539 is a request to revise an RDA. The retention period will remain twenty years and destroy. The format will change to paper/electronic/film. The Cut Off, Disposition Notes, and Worksheet have been updated. Recommend approval of request to revise RDA 539.
Signed Form Received: 2018-03-19
PRC Meeting Date: 04-25-2018
PRC Comments: PRC approves RDA 539.
PRC Action: Approved
RDA History
ID RDA PRC Reviewed PRC Action
43 539 0000-00-00 Pending
44 539 2016-06-22 Approved
2357 539 2018-04-25 Approved