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Information Holdings

Institution-Specific Classes of Records

Air Investigations
Description: Information relating to the conduct and reporting of aviation occurrence investigations, transportation safety deficiencies, safety recommendations, and advisories.
Document Types: Aviation safety investigation policy, aviation safety investigation - general, public inquiries, designation of investigator, flight recorders, major occurrence readiness, observer status, international co-ordination, accident/incident - aircraft occurrence investigations, ATS/FSS investigations.
Record Number: TSB ASI 200

Board Secretariat
Description: Information relating to agendas and minutes of Board meetings.
Document Types: Board meetings, agendas, deliberations.
Record Number: TSB BSS 660

Corporate Planning
Description: Information in support of the Corporate Planning system.
Document Types: Corporate Planning system, corporate plans and strategies.
Record Number: TSB CPP 100

Engineering
Description: Information in support of investigations relating to specialized laboratory testing and analysis of parts, structural components, systems, instruments and wreckage; search and recovery of wreckage; documentation of occurrence sites; and the extraction and interpretation of data from voice and data records.
Document Types: Engineering Branch - general, investigations, projects, testing and analysis, search and recovery, voice and data recordings.
Record Number: TSB ELI 500

Information Studies, Publications and Communications
Description: Information relating to occurrence data, statistics, macro analyses and special studies; human performance studies and evaluations; publications; and internal and external communications.
Document Types: transportation occurrence data, statistical summaries and analyses; human performance - general, studies, investigations; TSB publications; communications policies and strategy, internal and external communications, TSB web site.
Record Number: TSB SPD 610

Legal Services
Description: Information relating to administration of legal matters, opinions and decisions, powers of attorney, commissioner of oaths, affidavits etc.
Document Types: TSB Act and Regulations, Memoranda of Understanding.
Record Number: TSB LSB 620

Marine Investigations
Description: Information relating to the conduct and reporting of marine occurrence investigations, transportation safety deficiencies, safety recommendations, and advisories.
Document Types: Marine casualty investigations - general, instructions, studies - commercial, fishing, passenger, occurrence reporting - general, marine occurrences - general, marine occurrence - investigations.
Record Number: TSB MSI 300

Rail/Pipeline Investigations
Description: Information relating to the conduct and reporting of rail/pipeline occurrence investigations, transportation safety deficiencies, safety recommendations, and advisories.
Document Types: Occurrence investigations - railway, occurrence investigations - pipeline, other, dangerous goods, observer status, powers of investigators, public queries, railway reporting requirements, summary of railway accidents.
Record Number: TSB RPI 400