Records Management Glossary

A working reference for records managers, legal teams, and governance professionals.

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22 terms in Disposition and Destruction

A

Alienation of Records

C

Cutoff Instruction

D

Defensible Deletion

Disposition Instructions

Disposition Review

E

Emergency Authorization to Destroy Records

F

O

Obsolete Records

P

Proof of Disposition

Proof of Records Deletion

R

Records Disposal Action

Records Disposition Authority

Records Disposition Program

Records Retirement

Redundant, Obsolete, Trivial (ROT) Data

Request for Records Disposition Authority

S

Superseded Records

T

Transfer Period

U

Unauthorized Disposition