General Records Schedules
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Introduction to the General Records Schedules
Schedule 1. Civilian Personnel Records
Schedule 2. Payrolling and Pay Administration Records
Schedule 3. Procurement, Supply, and Grant Records
Schedule 4. Property Disposal Records
Schedule 5. Budget Preparation, Presentation, and Apportionment Records
Schedule 6. Accountable Officers' Accounts Records
Schedule 7. Expenditure Accounting Records
Schedule 8. Stores, Plant, and Cost Accounting Records
Schedule 9. Travel and Transportation Records
Schedule 10. Motor Vehicle Maintenance and Operations Records
Schedule 11. Space and Maintenance Records
Schedule 12. Communications Records
Schedule 13. Printing, Binding, Duplication, and Distribution Records
Schedule 14. Information Services Records
Schedule 15. Housing Records
Schedule 16. Administrative Management Records
Schedule 17. Cartographic, Aerial Photographic, Architectural, and Engineering Records
Schedule 18. Security and Protective Services Records
Schedule 19. RESERVED
Schedule 20. Electronic Records
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Schedule 21. Audiovisual Records
Schedule 22. Inspector General Records (WITHDRAWN)
Schedule 23. Records Common to Most Offices Within Agencies
Schedule 24. Information Technology Operations and Management Records
Schedule 25. Ethics Program Records
Schedule 26. Temporary Commissions, Boards, Councils and Committees
Schedule 27. Records of the Chief Information Officer
Indexes:
- Standard Forms
- Optional Forms
- Subjects [PDF]
Transmittals:
- Abstract of GRS Transmittals 8-21 [HTML version] [PDF version] [Word version]
- Transmittal No. 22 - (GRS 24 and Authority Citations), April 19, 2010
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