Federal Agency Records Management 2019 Annual Report
NATIONAL
ARCHIVES
Office of the
Chief Records
Officer
Digitizing Permanent Records
Draft standards for the digitization of permanent records have been posted for comment
and are available for review until February 1, 2021 at:
https://www.federal
register.gov/documents/2020/12/01/2020-26239/federal-records-
management- digitizing-permanent-records-and-reviewing-records- schedules
The standards are:
Required by the 2014 amendments to the Federal Records Act and will be codified in 36
CFR 1236, where standards for digitizing temporary records are located.
Consistent with other technical standards, including ISO and FADGI
Applicable retroactively to digitized records not yet transferred. If previously digitized
records are not compliant with the final standards, agencies may:
1. Re- digitize the source records
2. Submit an agency-specific schedule
3. Transfer source paper records to NARA prior to December 2022
4. Request an M- 19-21 exception
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