Ways to Comment
- Send comments via regulations.gov or by fax, postal mail, hand delivery or courier (consult the "Addresses" section of the relevant proposed rule).
Comment on Draft Policy
We welcome your comments. Comments that you send us help inform our decisions and policies concerning our service to you. Once we receive your comments, we will consider them carefully. Public comments become a permanent part of the case file, and may be available for public review.
If you have a suggestion, compliment or complaint about any of our services and products (not pertaining to draft policy), please send us a message using our online form.
Currently Open for Public Comment:
Regulations
NARA regulations affect the responsibilities of the public and Federal agencies. These regulations are contained in the Code of Federal Regulations.
- 6/12/09 Proposed rule published on page 27956.
- 7/31/09 Proposed rule published on page 38153.
Records Schedule Notices
Records schedules provide mandatory instructions on what happens to records when they are no longer needed for current Government business.
- 8/06/09 Notice published on pages 39339–39340.
Information Collections
Notices on proposed information collections (e.g., forms and surveys completed by nonfederal entities and individuals) describe the collection, how we will use the information, and our estimate of the reporting burden to respondents.
- Currently, there are no information collections open for public comment.
Other Requests for Public Comment:
- Public Internet Web Site Publication Priorities and Schedules
Our priorities and schedules for making National Archives information available and accessible on our public internet.
- Partnership Agreement Modification Available for Public Comment
Open for public review. The Proposed DRAFT Addendum to the May 20, 2008 Digitization Agreement has been prepared in cooperation with Ancestry.com in Silver Spring, Maryland. Comments are accepted through c.o.b. August 31, 2009.
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