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MCA 2-6-1002 defines a public record as being “public information that is fixed in any medium and is retrievable in usable form for future reference”. This includes both physical records and electronic records, because a record is a record, no matter what medium it resides on or within.

STATE OF MONTANA
SECRETARY OF STATE
RECORDS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (RIM) GENERAL RECORDS RETENTION SCHEDULE
Records Category TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
General Schedule Number 6
Revised Dec. 2015

wdt_ID wdt_last_edited_at Item Record Series Title Distribution Office (In years) Storage (In years) Total (In years) Disposition Toss/Shred/Delete
308 1 Service Agreement DOA –SITSD 1 2 Termination +3 T/S/D No RM5 Required
309 Agency 1 2 Termination +3 T/S/D No RM5 Required
310 2 Service Orders DOA –SITSD 1 2 3 T/S/D No RM5 Required
311 Agency 1 0 1 T/S/D No RM5 Required
312 3 Information Technology Proposal Request (ITPR) DOA –SITSD 1 2 Project Completion +2 T/S/D No RM5 Required
313 Agency 1 3 Project Completion +3 T/S/D No RM5 Required
314 4 Employee Network and Application Authorization Agency 3 0 Work years +3 T/S/D RM5 Required
315 5a Project files - Technology Systems (Internal/Inter Agency) Agency/DOA 1 2 3 after completion T/S/D No RM5 Required
316 5b Project files - Technology Systems (Contracted) Agency 2 6 8 after termination T/S/D No RM5 Required
317 6 Technology Response and Recovery Plans (i.e., Incident, Disaster Recovery, Information Systems/Resources, Emergency Action). Agency Current Version Current Version +1 superseded Current Version +1 superseded T/S/D No RM5 Required
318 7 Network Audit Logs Agency 2 3 5 T/S/D No RM5 Required
319 8 Software Licensing Agency 2 years 0 years 2 years after expired T/S/D No RM5 Required
320 9 Security Plans & Reports Agency Work plus 3 0 years Work plus 3 T/S/D No RM5 Required
321 10 Service Orders-non project related, helpdesk, Telecoms Agency 2 years 2 years 4 years T/S/D No RM5 Required
322 11 Network Performance Reports Agency 2 years 0 years 2 years T/S/D No RM5 Required
323 12 Web Analytics Agency 2 years 0 years 2 years T/S/D No RM5 Required
324 13 MT Interactive Transaction Fund Work Order Reports-See General Schedule 3 Item 33 Agency See GS3 Itm. 33

The State Records Committee (SRC) has designated all records marked as “No RM5 Required” will not require approval from the SRC prior to destruction. If the ‘Disposition’ above lists “Offer to State Archives” you must contact the Historical Society at 444-7427 before disposing.