Effective Records Management Practices

2.3 Importance of Public Records

1. Public records belongs to the country’s heritage that contains valuable information on the history and the administration of the country
2. Public records contains knowledge that helps to nurture national awareness
3. Public records is the sole source as future reference to the government and the public
4. Public records contains information that protects human rights/property and government’s as well as individual’s authority
5. The departments and the agencies are responsible in protecting the records in order  to meet the government’s goal is to produce/generate efficient and economic administration through a systematic and modern records management made available at departments and agencies