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United States Code

• 5 U.S.C. Chapter 5, Subchapter II - Administrative Procedure
  • § 552. Public information; Agency rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings
    (Freedom of Information Act, as amended)
  • § 552a. Records maintained on individuals
    (Privacy Act of 1974, as amended)
  • § 553. Rule making
    (Administrative Procedure Act)
• 18 U.S.C. Chapter 101 - Records and Reports
  • § 2071. Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally
• 18 U.S.C. Chapter 121 - Stored Wire and Electronic Communications and Transactional Records Access
  (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986)
• 28 U.S.C. Chapter 115 - Evidence; Documentary
  • § 1732. Record made in regular course of business; photographic copies
    (Uniform Photographic Copies of Business and Public Records as Evidence Act (UPA))
• 31 U.S.C. Chapter 11 - The Budget and Fiscal, Budget, and Program Information
  (Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950)
• 40 U.S.C. Subtitle III - Information Technology Management
  (Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996, also known as the Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996)
• 44 U.S.C. Chapter 21 - National Archives and Records Administration
• 44 U.S.C. Chapter 29 - Records Management by the Archivist of the United States and by the Administrator of General Services
• 44 U.S.C. Chapter 31 - Records Management by Federal Agencies
  (Federal Records Act)
• 44 U.S.C. Chapter 33 - Disposal of Records
  (Federal Records Disposal Act)
• 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35 - Coordination of Federal Information Policy
  (Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, as amended; Paperwork Reduction Reauthorization Act of 1995; and Government Paperwork Elimination Act)

Code of Federal Regulations

• 5 CFR Chapter III, Subchapter B - OMB Directives
  • Part 1320. Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the Public
• 36 CFR Chapter XII, Subchapter B - Records Management
  • Part 1220. Federal Records; General
  • Part 1222. Creation and Maintenance of Federal Records
  • Part 1223 - Managing Vital Records
  • Part 1224 - Records Disposition Program
  • Part 1225 - Scheduling Records
  • Part 1226 - Implementing Disposition
  • Part 1227 - General Records Schedule
  • Part 1228 - Loan of Permanent and Unscheduled Records
  • Part 1229 - Emergency Authorization to Destroy Records
  • Part 1230 - Unlawful or Accidental removal, Defacing, Alteration, or Destruction of Records
  • Part 1231 - Transfer of Records from the Custody of One Executive Agency to Another
  • Part 1232 - Transfer of Records to Records Storage Facilities
  • Part 1233 - Transfer, Use, and Disposition of Records in a NARA Federal Records Center
  • Part 1234 - Facility Standards for Records Storage Facilities
  • Part 1235 - Transfer of Records to the National Archives of the United States
  • Part 1236 - Electronic Records Management
  • Part 1237 - Audiovisual, Cartographic, and Related Records Management
  • Part 1238 - Microform Records Management
  • Part 1239 - Program Assistance and Inspections

Office of Management and Budget Circulars

• OMB Circular No. A-123 - Management's Responsibility for Internal Control
• OMB Circular No. A-130 - Management of Federal Information Resources

See also: Policy & Guidance