Chief Records Officer Responsibilities

As established under the Information Management Act, the Chief Records Officer 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 relating to digitizing and archiving of government information

The Chief Records Officer 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