The purpose of the University Records Management program at George Mason University is to assist the university community to maintain compliance with university policies, retention requirements set by the Commonwealth of Virginia, as well as federal and international laws, related to the life cycle of public records. URM consults on procedures and policies, as well as collaborates with other records and information-oriented units in this work. University employees routinely create, receive, use, and destroy records in the normal course of business, and records management provides rules and a structure for ensuring that all of these processes happen in a way that fits with our operational needs and our legal responsibilities. These policies apply to records in paper and electronic format.
