Overview

The Corporate Information Management Branch provides central information management services and support to ministries, Crown corporations and agencies within the government of British Columbia. The effective management of information enables government to support decision-making, reduce costs, meet business, legal and accountability requirements and preserve British Columbia's documentary heritage.

Corporate Information Management Branch provides a government-wide framework for the management of all recorded information (i.e., all records as defined in section 29 of the Interpretation Act). The Branch administers the provisions of the Document Disposal Act; and establishes corporate standards for the creation, security, accessibility, retention, disposition and preservation of records (see Core Policy Manual Chapter 12 and Recorded Information Management Manual).

Specifically, the Corporate Information Management Branch is responsible for:

• providing central direction and control for government information and records management programs/activities;
• maintaining the government standard records classification and scheduling tools:  Administrative Records Classification System (ARCS) and ministry-specific Operational Records Classification Systems (ORCS);

• appraising government information holdings to identify and preserve records with ongoing value for the government archives;
• providing cost-effective storage, retrieval and disposal services for ministries’ semi-active and inactive records;
• advising and assisting ministries to apply effective information management to records in all media and formats, including electronic;
• making recommendations to the Procurement Governance Office on the feasibility and economy of micrographic and other imaging systems;
• providing imaging and micrographic technology services;
• leading implementation of Enterprise Document and Records Management System (EDRMS) for government; and
• participating in government-wide information management committees (i.e., MROC, IMFC, PDC).