Chief Records Officer Responsibilities
Last updated on April 8, 2021As 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:
- Providing privacy, access and records management leadership, advice and support to public bodies
- Overseeing information management legislation, including the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Personal Information Protection Act
- Overseeing operations related to access to information, privacy protection and records management
- Developing, implementing and overseeing policies and procedures in areas such as privacy, open government and records management
- Responding to privacy breaches
Chief Records Officer (CRO)
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.