FOIA Resources, Directives

• Overall Mission of the National Archives.
  • NARA 101: NARA Organization and Delegation of Authority
  • NARA 104: Customer Service

• Handling of Records/Records Lifecycle.
  • NARA 860: NARA Corporate Records Management Program
  • NARA 860, Supplement 1: Procedure for Managing Permanent Electronic Records to be Maintained in ZL Unified Archive
  • Interim Guidance 861-1: NARA Corporate Records Management Program
  • NARA 1301: Lifecycle Data Standards and Lifecycle Authority Control
  • NARA 1310: Review of Agency Records Storage Facilities
  • NARA 1463: Unauthorized Destruction or Removal of Records In The Legal or Physical Custody of Federal Agencies  
  • NARA 1540: Reappraisal and Deaccessioning of Archival Federal Records
  • NARA 1561: Records Emergency Preparedness and Recovery in NARA Facilities
  • NARA 1571: Archival Storage Standards
  • NARA 1571, Supplement 1 - Architecture and Design Standards for Presidential Libraries
  • NARA 1651: Closure of Research Facilities on Certain Saturdays
  • NARA 1653: NARA Reproduction Fee Schedule

• Access/Privacy Issues.
  • NARA 108: Information Collection
    • Supplement A: Information Collection from the Public
    • Supplement B: Information Collection from Federal Agencies
    • Supplement C: Information Collection from NARA Offices and Staff
    • Supplement D: Online Information Collection
    • Supplement E: How to Prepare a Request for OMB Review
    • Supplement F: Information Collections
       
  • Interim Guidance 1600-3: Access to Archival Materials in the Context of Concern about Terrorism
  • Interim Guidance 1600-4: Research Application Procedures
  • NARA 1601: Screening Federal Records for Information Covered by FOIA Exemptions
  • NARA 1602: Covers access to records requested under the Freedom of Information Act
  • NARA 1603: Covers access to records requested under the Privacy Act
  • Interim Guidance 1605-2: Special Access by Government Officials to Classified and Unclassified, Closed Federal Records in NARA's Legal Custody
  • Interim Guidance 1605-3: Handling of Publically Available Records Withdrawn for Classification Purposes
  • NARA 1608: Protection of Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
  • NARA 1609: Initial Privacy Reviews and Privacy Impact Assessments
  • NARA 1701: Loans of Holdings in NARA's Physical and Legal Custody
  • NARA 1702: Transporting Holdings in NARA's Physical and Legal Custody

This page remains under construction, all directives are not yet available. Some older directives may include out-of-date contact information, contact our staff with further questions. We will periodically update this site as needed with revised or new directives.