36 C.F.R. § 1220.12

What are NARA's records management responsibilities?

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(a) The Archivist of the United States issues regulations and provides guidance and assistance to Federal agencies on ensuring adequate and proper documentation of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, and essential transactions of the Federal Government and ensuring proper records disposition, including standards for improving the management of records.

(b) NARA establishes standards for the retention of records having continuing value (permanent records), and assists Federal agencies in applying the standards to records in their custody.

(c) Through a records scheduling and appraisal process, the Archivist of the United States determines which Federal records have temporary value and may be destroyed and which Federal records have permanent value and must be preserved and transferred to the National Archives of the United States. The Archivist's determination constitutes mandatory authority for the final disposition of all Federal records.

(d) The Archivist of the United States issues General Records Schedules (GRS) authorizing disposition, after specified periods of time, of records common to several or all Federal agencies.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2022–2023 · leading case: Bioscience Advisors, Inc. v. United States Sec. & Exch. Comm'n (N.D. Cal. 2022).

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Bioscience Advisors, Inc. v. United States Sec. & Exch. Comm'n (N.D. Cal. 2022). “36 C.F.R. §§ 1220.12 , 1225.12(i). The Archivist “examine[s] the lists and 24 schedules” and, following a public notice and comment period, determines if any of the records 25 “have sufficient, administrative, legal, research, or other value to warrant their continued 26…”

Bioscience Advisors, Inc. v. United States Sec. & Exch. Comm'n (N.D. Cal. 2023). “36 C.F.R. §§ 1220.12 , 1225.12(i). The Archivist “examine[s] the lists and schedules” 27 and, following a public notice and comment period, determines if any of the records “have 1 “after the lapse of the period specified.”

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