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Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett
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RDA: 1781
Database ID: 412
Record Series Title: FIRE FIGHTER'S CERTIFICATION FILE
Record Series Abstract: RECORDS MAY INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, LETTERS OF CERTIFICATION, EXAMINATIONS OF APPLICANTS, ANSWER SHEETS AND COURSEWORK RECORDS.
Record Series Active: Yes
Cut Off at End of: Other
If Other, Explain: WHEN SUPERSEDED, CANCELLED, REVISED, OR 3 YEARS AFTER THE FIREFIGHTER'S CERTIFICATION BECOMES INACTIVE.
Total Retention: 6 Years 0 Months
Retention End Action: Destroy
Disposition Notes: FILES ARE ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY AND MAINTAINED FOR 6 YEARS AFTER CUT OFF. RECORDS MAY BE MAINTAINED IN EITHER PAPER OR ELECTRONIC FORMAT, AS LONG AS THE ELECTRONIC CONTENT HAS BEEN VERIFIED FOR COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY AND USABILITY. 6 YEARS AFTER CUT OFF RECORDS WILL BE DESTROYED BY STATE APPROVED METHODS.
View Signed Form: Form Not Received
Worksheet
Worksheet ID: 412
Record Location: In agency
File Arrangement: ALPHABETICAL
Media Format Generated: Both
Media Format Stored: Paper/Electronic
Date Range: 1980-CURRENT
Annual Accumulation: 10 CUBIC FEET, .3 GB
Current Volume: 51 CUBIC FEET, .9 GB
Record Value: Administrative
Audit Requirements: State
Reference Frequency:
Current Year per Month: 30
Past Year: 15
2 - 5 Years: 15
Over 5 Years: 15
Data Update Frequency: Daily
Information Shared Outside of State: Yes
If Shared, List Agencies: INTERNATIONAL FIRE SERVICE ACCREDITATION CONGRESS (IFSAC) AND PROBOARD
Essential Record: FALSE
Essential Record Stored:
Essential Record Media Type:
Confidential: FALSE
Confidential Legal Citation: N/A
Media Recommendation: Current Format
Media Recommendation Other:
Agency Retention: 6 YEARS
Agency Retention - Years Active: 2 YEARS
Agency Retention - Years Inactive: 4 YEARS
Records Center Retention Period:
Final Disposition after Retention Expires: Destroy
Legal Citation: NONE
Record Sample: No Sample
Legal Documentation: No Legal Documentation
Electronic Records Plan Inventory
System Name: ACADIS
IT-ABC Number:
Hardware Description: 2 windows virtual servers (production & portal). Also, a shared Oracle database environment
Software Description: 2 Windows 2008 R2 web server environment
System Location: Data Center
Backup Procedures: • Daily Incremental Backups – Backups only data that has change since that last incremental backup • Full Backup - every weekend • Monthly-Backup – are run on the last Friday of each month and stored to tape. The tape is then transferred a secure offsite location where it will be stored for 7 years
Disaster Recovery: DR services denied by agency. In case of a disaster the server/data will be restored using the following procedure. • Restore from Incremental-Backup • Restore from weekly Full-Backup • Restore from monthly Full-Backup
Data Migration Description: STS maintains and migrates data according to system updates, upgrades and replacements. Full procedures are available with STS
Metadata Description: The digitized data is saved as a pdf, jpg, png, gif of variable length as a digitized document
Contact Information
Contact Name: Susan Joyce Page
Job Title: Records Officer
Address 1: 500 James Robertson Parkway
Address 2: Davy Crockett Tower, 12th Floor
City: Nashville
Zip: 37243
Phone: 6152538397
Email: Susan.J.Page@tn.gov
Agency: Dept. of Commerce and Insurance
Agency Head: Hodgen M. Mainda - Commissioner
Director: Randy Fox
Allotment Code: 335.28
Status
Action Requested: New RDA
Comments
  Date Comments
Records Management Division (RMD): 03-21-2019 No recommended changes.
Tennessee State Libary and Archives: 03-21-2019 No recommended changes.
Comptroller Audit Review: 2019-03-25 We have reviewed RDA 1781 from an audit standpoint. We concur with the recommended retention and disposition specifications.
Agency: 03-25-2019 AGENCY CONCURS WITH NO RECOMMENDED CHANGES.
RMD Director Recomendations: 04-12-2019 RDA 1781 is a request to revise an RDA. The retention period will change from zero years and destroy to six years and destroy. The format will change to paper/electronic. The Abstract, Cut Off, Disposition Notes, and Worksheet have been updated. Recommend approval of request to revise RDA 1781.
Signed Form Received: 2019-04-12
PRC Meeting Date: 05-22-2019
PRC Comments: PRC approves RDA 1781.
PRC Action: Approved
RDA History
ID RDA PRC Reviewed PRC Action
412 1781 2019-05-22 Approved