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Records Retention Schedule

The Washington State General Records Retention Schedule contains records series retention's common to all Washington State Government agencies, including higher education. As more schedules are approved, specific to CWU, they will be posted here.

Washington State General Records Retention Schedule for all State Agencies (Revised August 2011)
The following retention schedule is broken down by the record series, see the link below for the complete guide.

SERIES	RECORD DEFINITION
1	AGENCY MANAGEMENT
1.1	Community Relations
1.2	Contracts and Purchasing Records
1.3	Executive Level Records
1.4	General Office Operations (non-executive)
1.5	Legal Files
1.6	Legislative Relations
1.7	Risk Management
1.8	Training
2	ASSET MANAGEMENT
2.1	Facilities Management
2.2	Information Services
2.3	Real Property Management
2.4	Security
2.5	Supply, Equipment and Vehicle Management
2.6	Telecommunications
3	FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
3.1	Audits, Investigations and Examinations
3.2	Banking
3.3	Fiscal and Accounting Records
3.4	Grants Management
4	HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
4.1	Attendance and Leave
4.2	Benefits
4.3	Equity
4.4	Industrial Insurance
4.5	Labor Relations
4.6	Misconduct/Discipline/Grievances
4.7	Occupational Health and Safety
4.8	Payroll
4.9	Performance Management
4.10	Personnel
4.11	Policies and Procedures
4.12	Position Development / Staff Structure
4.13	Recruitment/Hiring
4.14	Staff Development
5	INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
5.1	Forms Management
5.2	Library services
5.3	Mail Services
5.4	Public Disclosure
5.5	Publishing
5.6	Records Conversion
5.7	Records Management
6	RECORDS WITH MINIMAL RETENTION VALUE
	Agency Info, Copies, Etc.