§ 1222.26. What are the general recordkeeping requirements for agencies?
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(a)To ensure the adequate and proper documentation of agency programs, each program must develop recordkeeping requirements that identify:
(1)The record series and systems that must be created and maintained to document program policies, procedures, functions, activities, and transactions;
(2)The office responsible for maintaining the record copies of those series and systems, and the applicable system administrator responsible for ensuring authenticity, protection, and ready retrieval of electronic records;
(3)Related records series and systems;
(4)The relationship between paper and electronic files in the same series; and
(5)Policies, procedures, and strategies for ensuring that records are retained long enough to meet programmatic, administrative, fiscal, legal, and historical needs as authorized in a NARA-approved disposition schedule.
(b)Agencies must capture, manage, and preserve electronic records with appropriate metadata and must be able to access and retrieve electronic records, including electronic messages, through electronic searches. \[74 FR 51014, Oct. 2, 2009, as amended at 87 FR 75931, Dec. 12, 2022\]
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