View Rule
View EO 12866 Meetings | Printer-Friendly Version Download RIN Data in XML |
NARA | RIN: 3095-AB16 | Publication ID: Fall 2007 |
Title: Federal Records Management | |
Abstract: As part of its initiative to redesign Federal records management, NARA is revising its records management regulations in 36 CFR ch. XII, subchapter B to ensure that the regulations are appropriate, effective, and clear. The proposed revision will be issued in fiscal year 2008 for Federal agency and public comment. | |
Agency: National Archives and Records Administration(NARA) | Priority: Other Significant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 36 CFR 1220 to 1238 | |
Legal Authority: 44 USC 2104(a) 44 USC ch 21 44 USC ch 29 44 USC ch 33 |
Legal Deadline:
None |
|||||||||||||||
Statement of Need: NARA's records management program was developed in the 20th century in a paper environment. This program has not kept up with a Federal Government that creates and uses most of its records electronically. Today's Federal records environment requires different management strategies and techniques. The revision of NARA's records disposition policies, processes, and tools is identified in our Strategic Plan as a key strategy to meet the primary goal that "essential evidence will be created, identified, appropriately scheduled, and managed for as long as needed." Without effective records management, records needed to document citizens' rights, actions for which Federal officials are responsible, and the historical experience of our Nation will be at risk of loss, deterioration, or destruction. |
|||||||||||||||
Summary of the Legal Basis: Under the Federal Records Act, the Archivist of the United States is responsible for: 1) Providing guidance and assistance to Federal agencies to ensure adequate and proper documentation of the policies and transactions of the Federal Government and ensuring proper records disposition (44 USC 2904); 2) approving the disposition of Federal records (44 USC 33); and 3) preserving and making available the Federal records of continuing value that have been transferred to the National Archives of the United States (44 USC 21). The Federal Records Act also makes the heads of Federal agencies responsible for making and preserving records containing adequate and proper documentation of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, and essential transactions of the agency and is designed to furnish the information necessary to protect the legal and financial rights of the Government and of persons directly affected by the agency's activities (44 USC 3101). Agency heads must also have an active, continuing records management program (44 USC 3102). |
|||||||||||||||
Alternatives: None. |
|||||||||||||||
Anticipated Costs and Benefits: The revision of NARA's records disposition policies and processes is intended to reduce the burden on agencies and NARA in the area of records management and disposition activities. |
|||||||||||||||
Risks: None. |
|||||||||||||||
Timetable:
|
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: Federal |
Small Entities Affected: No | Federalism: No |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes | |
RIN Information URL: www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/initiatives/rm-redesign-project.html | Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
Related RINs: Related to 3095-AB05, Related to 3095-AB41, Related to 3095-AB43, Related to 3095-AB39 | |
Agency Contact: Nancy Allard Regulatory Contact National Archives and Records Administration Room 4100, NPOL, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001 Phone:301 837-1477 Fax:301 837-0319 Email: nancy.allard@nara.gov |