On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Ben Greene <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> Anyone know the concrete purposes for why many reporting/operational
> retention periods end up at 3 years?
>
> Ben Greene, CRM
> Minneapolis, MN
>
"Concrete purposes"? No... but many records have a Current year plus 2
years (CY+2) retention period and it can be traced back to a majority of
NARA General Records Schedule periods on common records being the same.
I'd assume that businesses thought, "If it's good enough for the
Government, it's good enough for us"
Larry
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