The Division of Personnel of the State Records and Archives Department is responsible for assisting the Director General in achieving unified administration of records management and archives personnal, training and salary affairs. To this end its activities include: developing and enhancing the organisational system of archive branches and building up a network of archives at all levels; defining the tasks, functions and organisational activities of the State Records and Archives Department and its subordinate units in line with the pace of mainstream national development; administering and organising personnel affairs; developing standards for the archive profession and devising policies in favour of professional development; implementing plans for labour and working norms, insurance policies and criteria set by the state for personnel working in the archival profession; administering in-service personnel training programmes for archival staff; making recommendations for rewards to those who have made outstanding contributions in the wars of resistance and supervising their implementation; and managing the national defence work and secuirity function of the State Records and Archives Department