Services and Training
Records Analysts provide state agencies and local government offices with consulting services for establishing and maintaining effective public records management programs. Analysts give assistance with managing records throughout their life cycle by developing retention schedules, addressing reformatting and preservation issues, and determining the proper methods of disposition for confidential and privacy-protected records. RAS provides:

• Advice on implementing public records management programs.
• Training through a series of six workshops presented regionally and on-site.
• Records management guidelines, standards, and manuals.
• Records Retention & Disposition Schedules for all public records, regardless of format.
• Assistance with disaster planning.
• Assistance in identifying archival and vital records.
• Assistance in identifying and transferring permanent records to the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
• Assistance in identifying and transferring nonpermanent, non current records to the State Records Center.
• Web content including publications, forms, and links to records management resources.

For more detailed information on our services, see the Records Management Manual. If you have question or want to schedule a site visit, contact your analyst.

• Basic Records Management
• Files Management
• Intermediate Records Management
• Electronic Records Management
• Disaster Planning
• State Records Center

• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Workshops
• VAGARA Conferences and workshops