2008-2009 Records management

Since the Office of the Information Commissioner was founded in 1983, we have conducted thousands of investigations. Over the years, the volume of files associated with closed investigations increased to the point that we had to take decisive action to manage the overwhelming quantity of paper records. In 2008–2009, we developed our first Records Disposition Authority to determine how long we should keep present and future paper and electronic records created by investigators.

We also increased the capacity of our records section, in anticipation of the work we will have to do to develop and implement an institutional information management framework. Specifically, we created the positions of Manager, Information Management, and Manager, Records, to develop and maintain critical elements of an IM framework, such as a universal classification system, business rules and a concept of operations, as well as additional disposition authorities to cover all institutional records.