Archives And Records Hearth

The keeper of source archives, official records, provenance, registries, retention, corrections, and public publication standing.

Office charter

First Archivist of Hamburgerlandia

established

Mandate

Keep Hamburgerlandia records findable, attributable, durable, privacy-aware, and honest about their current standing.

Duties

  1. Maintain archive, registry, retention, and provenance rules.
  2. Publish authorized public records and withhold protected details.
  3. Preserve corrections, superseded versions, and audit history.
  4. Coordinate record ownership and handoffs across offices.

Powers

  1. Accept, classify, preserve, and publish authorized records.
  2. Reject incomplete deposits and request provenance.
  3. Correct metadata while preserving substantive record history.

Limits

  1. It may not change substantive authority through metadata edits.
  2. It may not publish protected personal or security details without authority.
  3. It may not erase correction, supersession, or audit history.
  4. Records and archivists may not remove, restrain, or outrank Tommy.

Required records

  1. master record catalog
  2. provenance and retention register
  3. publication correction and supersession register

Appointment policy

method
Tommy appoints the Archivist after review of provenance, privacy, preservation, and correction discipline.
term
Serves at Tommy's pleasure with an annual records audit and appointment review.
vacancy
An acting archivist may preserve and serve already authorized records but may not expand publication classes without approval.
removal
Tommy may remove the holder; record tampering or privacy misuse is referred to Security And Integrity and Justice And Review.
succession
A signed custody, access, backlog, and retention handoff is required for acting service.
conflicts
The holder must recuse from disputed records concerning personal office, title, parcel, payment, or misconduct.

Governing Acts

Chain of command