Corporate Records Management Branch

736 - COMPUTERS - GENERAL

Records relating to the procurement of computer equipment, including justification, equipment evaluations, user specifications, issue, maintenance and repairs.  This primary covers computer equipment not shown elsewhere in the computers primary block, such as electronic storage media (magnetic tapes, disks, optical disks etc.).  Includes procurement procedures, correspondence relating to computer maintenance problems (i.e., general complaints), requests from a program or branch for computers, research and history files, etc.

For asset control and disposal, see primaries 705 (asset control and inventory) and 740 (disposal and surplus).
For catalogues, manuals, price lists, and letters of offer, see primary 703.
For computer hardware, see primary 737.
For computer software, see primary 738.
For computer supplies, see primary 855.
For development of computer applications, see primaries 6450 (projects), 6820 (applications), and 6840 (change management).
For maintenance contracts, see primary 1080.
For purchase orders, see primaries 830 (emergency purchase orders), 835 (Corporate Procurement Solutions requisitions), and 850 (standing offer agreements).
 
The ministry OPR is (Computing Services Branch or equivalent) unless otherwise specified below.

non-OPR NOTE: Offices will retain non-OPR copies of records for: SO nil DE

Primary- Secondary	Records Series		OPR				PIB/PUR
			A	SA	FD
736-00	Policy and procedures		SO	5y	DE
736-01	General		FY+1y	nil	DE
736-03	Maintenance issues (not necessarily specific to a company)		FY+1y	nil	DE
736-04	Electronic storage media - care and handling		FY+1y	nil	DE
736-05	Program status and needs (arrange by program or branch)		FY+1y	nil	DE
736-20	Electronic storage media - research files (arrange by physical storage media)		SO	nil	DE
736-25	Electronic storage media - history files (arrange by physical storage media) SO = upon disposal of physical storage media		SO+1y	nil	DE