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We are updating our electronic records management regulation to account for changes to 44 U.S.C. 3302, which require NARA to issue standards for digital reproductions of records with an eye toward allowing agencies to then dispose of the original source records. This rulemaking focuses on records of short-term, temporary value that are not appropriate for preservation in the National Archives of the United States.  Temporary records constitute the majority of Federal records and agencies retain them for a specific period of time established by records schedules.  Agencies have begun major digitization projects and will be doing more in the future.  Under the statutory provisions in 44. U.S.C. 3302, agencies may not dispose of original source records due to having digitized them (prior to the disposal authority date established in a records schedule), unless they have digitized the records according to standards established by NARA. This rulemaking establishes those standards for temporary records so that agencies may digitize and dispose of the source records.  A subsequent rulemaking will establish standards for permanent records.