The Department of Management and Budget has published the manual Getting the Job Done: The Administrative Guide to State Government. It addresses the major processes through which the State of Michigan government operates. The manual contains policies that are general statements of mandated or authorized courses of action and procedures that are specific statements of the ways in which a state agency is directed to implement one or more aspects of the respective policy.

To view the policy and procedures issued by the Archives of Michigan for state government agencies, as well as the policy and procedures issued by the Records Management Services, go to the Administrative Guide. (Please note that this manual is only available to users of the state network, and that the manual will appear in a new browser window.)

• Click Administrative Guide to State Government
• Follow directions on the page to search for specific topics, or
• Click on "Table of Contents" in the left frame to go to the "900 Preservation" (or any other) section of the manual.

The procedures issued by the Archives of Michigan include the following:

• 0920 ARCHIVAL PRESERVATION OF RECORDS
• 0920.01 Management of records of permanent value to the State and its citizens
• 0920.02 Direct transfer of archival records to the Archives of Michigan
• 0920.03 Access to records in the custody of the Archives of Michigan
• 0920.04 Electronic Records

The procedures issued by the Records Management Services include the following:

• 0910 RECORDS MANAGEMENT
• 0910.01 State government records
• 0910.02 Records retention and disposal schedules
• 0910.03 Transferring records
• 0910.04 Access to stored records
• 0910.05 Disposing of records
• 0910.07 Storing magnetic media
• 0910.08 Microfilming records

Click Archives of Michigan to visit the Archives of Michigan home page.

Archives of Michigan
Michigan Library and Historical Center
702 W. Kalamazoo Street
Lansing, MI 48913 Phone: (517) 373-1408
E-mail: archives@michigan.gov

Updated 09/26/2006

Michigan Historical Center, Department of History, Arts and Libraries
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