Chief Records Officer Responsibilities

Last updated on April 8, 2021

As established under the Information Management Act (IMA), the Chief Records Officer (CRO) is responsible for:   

  • Promoting effective information management across government agencies
  • Approving and publishing information schedules for holding, transferring, archiving or disposing of government information
  • Promoting the preservation of valuable government information, including information of historical or archival value
  • Managing and promoting the government digital archives and approving the transfer of non-digital information to the government museum archives
  • Providing appropriate exemptions to the requirements to digitize information
  • Issuing directives and guidelines under the IMA
  • Assessing compliance with the IMA
  • Providing an annual report on the CRO mandate

The CRO is also responsible for:

Practitioner's Guide to the IMA

The Practitioner's Guide to the Information Management Act (PDF 896 KB) provides practitioners with answers to frequently asked questions about the implementation and implications of the IMA. 

Documenting Government Decisions

The IMA has been amended to require government bodies to have for creating and maintaining government information that is an adequate record of their decisions.

The CRO has issued a directive and guidelines on Documenting Government Decisions.