About Records Control Schedules
The Records Control Schedule (RCS) repository provides access to records schedules or Request for Records Disposition Authority, that Federal agencies have developed and the Archivist of the United States has approved.
All Federal records, in all formats, must be covered by a NARA-approved records schedule. In addition to these agency-specific records schedules, NARA also maintains the General Records Schedules (GRS), which cover records common to several or all agencies of the Federal Government.
The RCS repository currently contains records schedules approved since 1973 for Federal agency records not covered by the GRS. All recently approved schedules are added to the site on a rolling basis. In addition, while the repository does contain all approved records schedules for the stated period, many of these records schedules are no longer in effect having been superseded by a more recent schedule or made obsolete. Schedules that NARA has confirmed have been superseded in their entirety or that are otherwise obsolete are marked with red text as “inactive” next to the title. Schedules with some inactive items may have a “partially superseded” label.
The records schedules are listed by agency name and NARA-assigned record group number. The repository can be searched by:
- NARA job number (e.g., N1-423-09-001 or DAA-0423-2018-0004),
- Agency name (Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs),
- NARA record group number (RG 0423), or
- Keyword or subject (e.g. grants).
For more information about Records Control Schedules, see Records Schedules Frequently Asked Questions.
Contact and Feedback:
If you need assistance in using the RCS repository, please email RCS_Team@nara.gov for additional information.