ProCard and other records not attached to ARIBA must be retained by your office for their full retention period. For state, gift, and endowment budget records, see the Financial Records section of the General Schedule. For grant and contract budgets see the Research and Grant/Contract Records section.
There are a variety of regulations regarding the privacy of records, and there are a number of offices at the university responsible for policies that oversee confidentiality. Regardless, while assuring the privacy requirements of your records are met, you must still observe the proper retention period outlined in the General Records Retention Schedule. The records must be accessible and readable by individuals with appropriate security clearance until they reach the end of the retention period.
An office or department is always welcome to scan records so long as they keep the original paper documents. If you want to scan and destroy the original paper, your office must have a written Scanning Policy on file with our office. To check if you already have a scanning policy, talk to the Records Coordinator in your office or try our Departmental Search webpage – it tells you if you have a departmental retention schedule and/or a scanning policy.
No, there are no exceptions. HOWEVER there are several types of records that can be disposed of as soon as they’ve outlived their usefulness.