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Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett
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RDA
RDA: 1978
Database ID: 513
Record Series Title: External Audit Files
Record Series Abstract: Records related to external audits of utilities, railroads, & engineering consultants by TDOT Finance Division. Files are divided into two audit types: desk & site audits. Files consist of audit certificates, compliance documents, and cost comparison.
Record Series Active: Yes
Cut Off at End of: Other
If Other, Explain: “After final payment is made to contractor and project is closed.”
Total Retention: 10 Years 0 Months
Retention End Action: Destroy
Disposition Notes: Records are kept in either paper or electronic format. After cut-off paper records are kept 1 year in agency, then records are sent to State Records Center for 9 years and then destroyed by state approved methods. After cutoff electronic records are kept in agency for 10 years then destroyed by state approved methods.
View Signed Form: Form Not Received
Worksheet
Worksheet ID: 513
Record Location: James K. Polk Building, Suite 800, Nashville, TN
File Arrangement: Numeric
Media Format Generated: Both
Media Format Stored: Paper/Electronic
Date Range: August 1992 to current
Annual Accumulation: 20 cu. ft. 2.5 GB
Current Volume: 60 cu. ft. 8 GB
Record Value: Administrative, Fiscal
Audit Requirements: State
Reference Frequency:
Current Year per Month: 2
Past Year: 2
2 - 5 Years: 1
Over 5 Years: 1
Data Update Frequency: Yearly
Information Shared Outside of State: No
If Shared, List Agencies:
Essential Record: No
Essential Record Stored:
Essential Record Media Type: Paper
Confidential: No
Confidential Legal Citation:
Media Recommendation: Current Format
Media Recommendation Other:
Agency Retention: 1 year paper 10 years electronic
Agency Retention - Years Active:
Agency Retention - Years Inactive:
Records Center Retention Period: 9 years (paper)
Final Disposition after Retention Expires: Destroy
Legal Citation: None
Record Sample: No Sample
Legal Documentation: No Legal Documentation
Electronic Records Plan Inventory
System Name: [External Audit Files] on the FileNet Server AG0319006WA096
IT-ABC Number:
Hardware Description: External Audit Files 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: External Audit Files 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: External Audit Files are on 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. The back-up servers are Hitachi and EMC SANs. The process for Backing Up the data from OIR’s South Data Center is to mirror the information at OIR’s North Data Center, and then create a weekly backup tape that is currently stored by the Vendor: Iron Mountain Incorporated Iron Mountain Nashville 6005 Dana Way Nashville, TN 37013 800-899-4766
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. Disaster Recovery begins with the utilization of the OIR’s North Data Center for both operations and data. If both OIR’s South Data Center and OIR’s North Data Center are out of operation, new operations will begin by acquiring appropriate hardware and software from a third party supplier, and restoring data from the offline tape backups stored with the current vendor: Iron Mountain Incorporated.
Data Migration Description: Data Migration will occur when support for the existing file format moves from Current to Twilight or Obsolete, or when software or hardware systems changes require the movement of RDA electronic data from a specified format to a different file format. Annual reviews will be conducted by the TDOT Records Officer and the TDOT IT Director in accordance with the Section 3 of the TDOT ERP. Additionally, the TDOT IT Director will provide information and guidance to the TDOT Records Officer at the time of discovery regarding functional and operational performance of software and hardware that will change the status of file formats from Current to Twilight or Obsolete. The annual review process of file formats status and the level of in those file formats confidence, with regards to specific RDA retention requirements, will result in the generation of a File Type Confidence Report. Time for measuring the required three year limit for migration completion of affected data will begin at the time of discovery of the file format status change to Twilight or Obsolete, even if it is outside the annual review where it is reported with time remaining. The TDOT IT Director will advise and develop a solution to move the data to a Current file format that is appropriate to the RDA retention requirement for the specific data. This may include translation of the data to a Current file format, conversion to an acceptable Current File format to preserve the integrity of the information of the data, or movement of the data to a legacy architecture that maintains the environment where the file format is considered Current as long as this effort has full functional and operational support.
Metadata Description: External Audit Files Content Subject/Title: AG0319006WA096 - FileNet - location TBD [External Audit Files]. Docs related to external audits of utilities, railroads, & engineering consultants by tdot finance division. Files are divided into two audit types: desk & site audits. Files consist of audit certificates,compliance docs, cost comparison, etc. Date Created: 1983 Format: .pdfa, .tif Content Size: 8 GB Location: South Data Center, located in location TBD [External Audit Files] on the FileNet Server AG0319006WA096 Storage Location Duration: Records will be kept in FileNet or other OIR approved solution for ten years of retention.
Contact Information
Contact Name: Katy Bradley
Job Title: Records Coordinator
Address 1: James K. Polk Bldg.
Address 2: Suite 800
City: Nashville
Zip: 37243
Phone: 615-741-5391
Email: Katy.Bradley@tn.gov
Agency: Dept. of Transportation
Agency Head: Clay Bright
Director: Jennifer Herstek
Allotment Code: 402.10
Status
Action Requested: New RDA
Comments
  Date Comments
Records Management Division (RMD): 10-23-2014 Please clarify the cutoff, and provide information pertaining to who the final payment is made to. Update 10-30-2014 Agency asked to update cut off as, After final payment is made to contractor and project is closed.
Tennessee State Libary and Archives: 10-23-2014 TSLA concurs with RMD comment.
Comptroller Audit Review: 2015-02-12 We have reviewed RDA 1978 from an audit standpoint. We concur with the recommended retention and disposition specifications.
Agency: 02-19-2015 Agency concurs with cutoff clarification and has no other recommended changes.
RMD Director Recomendations: 02-20-2015 RDA 1978 is a request to revise an RDA. The retention period will remain ten years and destroy. The format will change to paper/electronic. The agency agreed to clarify the cut off as recommended. Recommend approval of RDA 1978.
Signed Form Received: 2015-02-20
PRC Meeting Date: 03-30-2015
PRC Comments: RDA 1978 approved by the PRC.
PRC Action: Approved
RDA History
ID RDA PRC Reviewed PRC Action
513 1978 2015-03-30 Approved