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Confessions of a Reluctant Records Officer Linda Bures Department of Fish and Wildlife

Confessions of a Reluctant Records Officer Linda Bures Department of Fish and Wildlife. Reluctant Regret Resourceful. Reluctant. Assumed the Position of Agency Records Officer by Default Agency was experiencing 2009 riffs and budget cuts.

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Confessions of a Reluctant Records Officer Linda Bures Department of Fish and Wildlife

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  1. Confessions of a Reluctant Records Officer Linda Bures Department of Fish and Wildlife

  2. Reluctant Regret Resourceful

  3. Reluctant • Assumed the Position of Agency Records Officer by Default • Agency was experiencing 2009 riffs and budget cuts. • Inheriting a long history of the passing of the Records Officer torch.

  4. Regret • No Policies or Procedures • RCWs, WACs, Penalties

  5. OhMyGosh! • “Injury to Public Record: • Class C Felony, Imprisonment, $1,000 Fine; • “Injury to Public Record: Class B Felony, Imprisonment, $5,000 Fine; • “Offering False Instrument for Filing of Records: • Class C Felony, Imprisonment, $5,000 Fine;

  6. Resourceful • What Does a Records Officer Do? • Research • Work with State Archives • Online Research • Contact other Agencies • GET MANAGEMENT SUPPORT

  7. First Phase of Construction • Create a Plan • Develop Goals and Timelines • Create Proper Tools for Staff • Develop Curriculum for Training/Workshops • Build an Internal Webpage for Records Management • Work With State Archives in Retention Schedule Revision

  8. Second Phase of Construction • Build relationships with key program staff. • Team Building • Keep Management Informed. • Involve Management When Bumps In the Road Occur • Communication • Reach out to staff • Make time • Keep promises

  9. Final Phase? No Just The Next Level • Just moving to the next level. • What can be improved. • What worked and what didn’t. • Program Feedback

  10. Lessons Learned • Consistency • Continue offering training opportunities • Communication • Support • Respond when staff reaches out • Encourage and praise their efforts

  11. Pick and choose your battles. • Be open to what works for everyone. • Follow Through • Do what you say you will do • Benefits • Always present the positive side • Don’t Disappear

  12. New “Rs” • REASSURED • RELAXED • REFRESHED

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