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NARA Bulletins

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) issues NARA bulletins to Federal agencies to provide guidance and assistance on the management and disposition of Federal records. The first bulletin issued each fiscal year contains a list of the NARA bulletins still in effect.

 

FY 2017 NARA Bulletins

  • 2017-01: Agency Records Management Training Requirements

FY 2016 NARA Bulletins

  • 2016-01: Guidance on NARA Bulletin Expiration Dates

FY 2015 NARA Bulletins

  • 2015-04: Metadata Guidance for the Transfer of Permanent Electronic Records
     
  • 2015-03: Guidance on Managing Digital Identity Authentication Records

  • 2015-02: Guidance on Managing Electronic Messages

  • 2015-01: Scheduling Guidance on the Appropriate Age for Legal Transfer of Permanent Records to the National Archives of the United States

FY 2014 NARA Bulletins

  • 2014-06: Guidance on Managing Email, September 15, 2014

  • 2014-05: Guidance on NARA-Created Transfer Requests, September 24, 2014

  • 2014-04: Revised Format Guidance for the Transfer of Permanent Electronic Records, February 4, 2014

  • 2014-03: Guidance on Agency Records Officer Training Requirements, December 2, 2013

  • 2014-02: Guidance on Managing Social Media Records, October 25, 2013

FY 2013 NARA Bulletins

  • 2013-03: Guidance for Agency Employees on the Management of Federal Records, Including Email Accounts, and the Protection of Federal Records from Unauthorized Removal, September 09, 2013

  • 2013-02: Guidance on a New Approach to Managing Email Records, August 29, 2013

FY 2012 NARA Bulletins

  • 2012-02: Guidance on Managing Content on Shared Drives, December 6, 2011
     

FY 2011 NARA Bulletins

  • 2011-04: Guidance on Managing Mixed-Media Files, July 18, 2011
  • 2011-03: Guidance Concerning the use of E-mail Archiving Applications to Store E-mail, December 30, 2010

FY 2010 NARA Bulletins

  • 2010-05: Guidance on Managing Records in Cloud Computing Environments, September 30, 2010
     
  • 2010-04: Guidance Concerning Notifications for Previously Scheduled Permanent Records, September 10, 2010
     
  • 2010-03: Flexible Scheduling, May 03, 2010
     
  • 2010-02: Continuing Agency Responsibilities for Scheduling Electronic Records, February 5, 2010

FY 2009 NARA Bulletins

  • 2009-03: Pre-accessioning permanent electronic records, July 30, 2009
     
  • 2009-02: Guidance concerning managing records in multi-agency environments, June 18, 2009

FY 2008 NARA Bulletins

  • 2008-07: Endorsement of DoD Electronic Records Management Software Applications Design Criteria Standard, version 3, September 10, 2008
     
  • 2008-06: Records Storage Facility Standards, August 25, 2008

FY 2007 NARA Bulletins

  • 2007-02: Guidance concerning the use of Enterprise Rights Management (ERM) and other encryption-related software on Federal records, April 30, 2007

FY 2006 NARA Bulletins

  • 2006-04: Scheduling Electronic Copies of E-mail and Word Processing Records, July 12, 2006
     
  • 2006-03: Availability of the Federal Enterprise Architecture Records Management Profile, version 1.0, December 23, 2005

Earlier NARA Bulletins Still in Effect

  • 2005-06: Additional requirement for transferring permanent records to the National Archives of the United States directly from agencies, August 22, 2005

Past NARA Bulletins

This section contains NARA bulletins issued since FY 1996 that are no longer in effect.

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