Guidance & Best Practices

​​The guidance and best practice documents have been developed to assist all Wisconsin Government units at the State, County, and Municipal levels with common areas of records management. 

Contracting Records Management

Use of Contractors for Records Management Services  

Use of Contractors for Records Management Services - Managing Records in Cloud Computing Environments​

Web and Social Media Records​

Managing Web Records

Social Networking - Letter from the PRB ​

Managing Social Media Records

Electronic Records Management

Digitization Project Guidance

Administrative Rule 12 and Administrative Rule 12 Primer and Ad​ministrative​ Rule 12 Guidance​ Document​

Email Management Best Practices

Records Retention

Transitioning Employee Records​

Permanent Retention of Records​     

Records Resources Guide​