(1) The Local Government Records Committee adopts and incorporates by reference the Association of Records Managers & Administrators (ARMA) International's Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles® for local governments using electronic systems to store long-term records, ©2014 ARMA International, www.arma.org. Local governments should use them as the framework to design, implement, operate, and decommission the systems and to manage the records and data within the systems.

(2) ARMA's Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles® can be accessed on the ARMA web site at the following link: http://www.arma.org/docs/sharepoint-roadshow/the-principles_executive-summaries_final.doc.