Federal Records Management

Contacts for Federal Records Management

For general questions about records management, contact rm.communications@nara.gov

The below table provides contacts for questions about records management topics.

 

  Agency Records Management Programs

 

Agency personnel should contact their agency records officer first:

Contact your Federal Agency Records Officer
Agency records officer updates:  ro.updates@nara.gov

  Federal Records Center Program

 
Sending records to a Federal Records Center (FRC) or questions about records stored at an FRC: Contact your agency’s assigned Federal Records Center Account Manager

  Records Scheduling and Appraisal

 
General questions about agency schedules: Contact your agency’s assigned NARA Appraisal Archivist
NARA's General Records Schedule (GRS): GRS_Team@nara.gov 
ERA Helpdesk ERAHelp@nara.gov
For requesting or commenting on schedules posted to the Federal Register: request.schedule@nara.gov
For requesting that a legacy disposition authority be entered into ERA for an imminent transfer to NARA: legacy.schedules@nara.gov
For questions about the records control schedules posted online, including missing schedules, technical issues, revisions to 115s: RCS_team@nara.gov

  Records Management Policy

 
Questions about records management policy related to digitization, standards, formats, and technical transfer guidance: rmstandards@nara.gov
Questions about records management policy related to bulletins, white papers, OMB directives, and other initiatives: rmpolicy@nara.gov

  Oversight and Reporting

 
For information regarding records management reporting and oversight:   rmselfassessment@nara.gov
For allegations or self-reported instances of unauthorized dispositions:

unauthorizeddisposition@nara.gov

  Records Management Training

 
Questions about NARA’s National Records Management Training Program: rmt1@nara.gov

  Permanent Records

 
Questions about transferring permanent records to the National Archives:
For questions about permanent records issues and accountability permanentrecords@nara.gov
Questions about the annual move process: annual.move@nara.gov

 

Frequently Requested Points of Contact  
Questions about records in the National Archives inquire@nara.gov or web form
Request personnel or military records Request military service records
Request civilian personnel records
For press inquires: Contact the media desk
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