A 'schedule' outlines the length of time (retention) and final disposition (archive or destruction) of government records.
Enterprise-wide schedules
These schedules can be used by all Government of Alberta ministries, agencies, boards and commissions.
Administrative Records Disposition Authority (ARDA) - 1986/050-A018 (PDF, 831 KB)
- may be used as a records retention and disposition schedule for common administrative records in Alberta Government ministries and agencies
Backup Systems – 2003/043-A001 (PDF, 50 KB)
- provides a common approach to backups for all ministries, agencies, boards and commissions of the Government of Alberta
- provides a legal disposition authority to dispose of the records associated with the backup process, and the content of the backups
Executive Office Records - 2007/020-A002 (PDF, 207 KB)
- used for records relating to executive actions made in support of legislated mandates and corporate governance
Legal Services – 2017-004-A001 (PDF, 572KB)
- used for records relating to Legal Services Division's legal and strategic activities across the Government of Alberta
Fleet Management - 2019/020 (PDF, 115KB)
- used for managing light-duty vehicle leases and purchases of all departments, provincial agencies and fund administrators
Action Requests - 1992/129-A001 (PDF, 48 KB)
- used for responses to action requests received from Ministers' Offices
Ministers' Offices – 2002/041-A001 (PDF, 35 KB)
- used for ministry and cabinet records that are generated or received by ministers in their capacity as ministers of the crown
Transitory Records – 1995/007-A003 (PDF, 112 KB)
- transitory records containing sensitive or confidential information must be securely destroyed or deleted
Damaged Records – 2011/002-A002 (PDF, 48 KB)
- used for records that have been damaged (for example: harmed, contaminated or spoiled) during a disaster