Federal Records Act

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The Federal Records Act is a U.S. law that establishes the framework and requirements for creating, managing, and preserving federal government records to ensure accountability and historical documentation.

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
records management law ⓘ
aimsTo promote transparency in federal government operations ⓘ
support historical research and public access to government records ⓘ
appliesTo federal agencies of the United States government ⓘ
complements federal information policy and open government initiatives ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
designatesAuthority Archivist of the United States ⓘ
National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
enforcedBy National Archives and Records Administration oversight and guidance ⓘ
excludes extra copies of documents preserved only for convenience of reference ⓘ
library and museum material made or acquired and preserved solely for reference or exhibition ⓘ
focusesOn accountability of federal officials through proper recordkeeping ⓘ
preservation of records with long-term historical value ⓘ
grantsPower authority to the Archivist of the United States to provide guidance and oversight for federal records management ⓘ
includesConcept federal records schedules ⓘ
non-record materials ⓘ
permanent records ⓘ
records disposition ⓘ
records retention ⓘ
temporary records ⓘ
legalEffect establishes legal obligations for federal records creation and retention ⓘ
obligates agency employees to protect and properly handle federal records ⓘ
agency heads to ensure adequate and proper documentation of agency activities ⓘ
agency heads to establish safeguards against the removal or loss of records ⓘ
providesFor disposal of records that no longer have administrative, legal, fiscal, or historical value ⓘ
transfer of permanent records to the National Archives ⓘ
purpose to ensure accountability of the federal government ⓘ
to establish a framework for the creation, management, and preservation of federal records ⓘ
to preserve records of historical and evidentiary value ⓘ
regulates creation of federal records ⓘ
disposition of federal records ⓘ
maintenance of federal records ⓘ
preservation of federal records ⓘ
relatedTo Freedom of Information Act ⓘ
National Archives and Records Administration Act ⓘ
Presidential Records Act ⓘ
Privacy Act of 1974 ⓘ
requires cooperation of federal agencies with the National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
federal agencies to establish and maintain an active, continuing program for the economical and efficient management of records ⓘ
federal agencies to make and preserve records documenting their organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, and essential transactions ⓘ
scope covers documentary materials made or received by a federal agency under federal law or in connection with the transaction of public business ⓘ
supports congressional oversight through availability of agency records ⓘ
judicial review and litigation through preservation of evidentiary records ⓘ
public access to information through orderly records management ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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Presidential Records Act → relatedTo → Federal Records Act ⓘ
FBI data governance policies → constrainedBy → Federal Records Act ⓘ
Title 44 of the United States Code → contains → Chapter 31 – Records Management by Federal Agencies ⓘ
linked to: Federal Records Act