The objective is to ensure effective recordkeeping practices that enable departments to create, acquire, capture, manage, and protect the integrity of information resources of business value in the delivery of Government of Canada programs and services. The expected results are really making sure those records of business value are properly identified and then used and managed as strategic assets, and then, through effective recordkeeping practices, ensuring we have that transparency and accountability that is expected of a government organization.
On November 24th, 2009. See this statement in context.