In addition, a similar process was used in the past by NARA, resulting, 
IIRC, in destruction of some historic records of the Naval Research Lab 
(NRL) including some relating to the development of RADAR!

Tod Chernikoff, CRM
[log in to unmask]

--------------------------------------------------
From: "WALLIS Dwight D" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 15:05
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [RM] Disposal authorization request

> Just a precaution about time based "automatic" destruction
> authorizations: A similar policy was followed in the county, and
> resulted in a prevailing "truth" among various levels of the county that
> "we destroy records without agencies knowing about it". This meme was
> one of the single biggest barriers we faced initially in building a
> customer base. This time based approach works well, I think, in
> relatively centralized operations with strong policy and procedural
> backing; less so in dispersed and even siloed ones that lack that. If
> you have to operate in an entrepreneurial fashion to gain customer
> support, as opposed to a regulated fashion, you may want to avoid this.
>
> Dwight Wallis, CRM
> Records Administrator
> Multnomah County Fleet, Records, Electronics, Distribution and Stores
> (FREDS)
> 1620 S.E. 190th Avenue
> Portland, OR 97233
> Phone: (503)988-3741
> Fax: (503)988-3754
> [log in to unmask]
>
> List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html
> Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance
> To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already 
> present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the 
> message.
> mailto:[log in to unmask]
> 

List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html
Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance
To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message.
mailto:[log in to unmask]