Chief Records Officer Responsibilities
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:
- 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
