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NARA Bulletins

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) issues NARA bulletins to Federal agencies to provide guidance and assistance on the management and disposition of Federal records. 

NARA bulletins clarify and explain Federal records management requirements found in the Federal Records Act and the Code of Federal Regulations. NARA bulletins provide formal, mandatory records management guidance for agencies, who must then determine the most appropriate way to incorporate NARA guidance into their business processes and agency programs.

FY 2024 NARA Bulletins

  • 2024-01: Limited Exception for Sending Official Personnel Folders and Employee Medical Folders to the National Personnel Records Center

FY 2023 NARA Bulletins

  • 2023-04: Managing Records Created on Collaboration Platforms
     
  • 2023-03: Revoked NARA Bulletin on Media Neutral Processes
     
  • 2023-02: Expanding the Use of a Role-Based Approach (Capstone) for Electronic Messages
     
  • 2023-01: Guidance on Storing Radiographic Film Records

FY 2022 NARA Bulletins

  • 2022-02: Resubmission of Capstone Forms
     
  • 2022-01: Revoked NARA Bulletins

FY 2020 NARA Bulletins

  • 2020-02: Guidance on Scheduling the Early and Late Transfer of Permanent Records
     
  • 2020-01: Guidance on OMB/NARA Memorandum Transition to Electronic Records (M-19-21)

FY 2019 NARA Bulletins

  • 2019-02: Agency Records Officer Credential Training and Renewal Policy
     
  • 2019-01: Revoked NARA Bulletins

FY 2018 NARA Bulletins

FY 2017 NARA Bulletins

  • 2017-02: Guidance on Senior Agency Officials for Records Management 
     
  • 2017-01: Agency Records Management Training Requirements

FY 2016 NARA Bulletins

  • 2016-01: Guidance on NARA Bulletin Expiration Dates

FY 2015 NARA Bulletins

  • 2015-04: Metadata Guidance for the Transfer of Permanent Electronic Records
     
  • 2015-03: Guidance on Managing Digital Identity Authentication Records
     
  • 2015-02: Guidance on Managing Electronic Messages

FY 2014 NARA Bulletins

  • 2014-05: Guidance on NARA-Created Transfer Requests, September 24, 2014
     
  • 2014-04: Format Guidance for the Transfer of Permanent Electronic Records
     
  • 2014-02: Guidance on Managing Social Media Records, October 25, 2013

FY 2013 NARA Bulletins

  • 2013-03: Guidance for Agency Employees on the Management of Federal Records, Including Email Accounts, and the Protection of Federal Records from Unauthorized Removal, September 09, 2013
     
  • 2013-02: Guidance on a New Approach to Managing Email Records, August 29, 2013

FY 2012 NARA Bulletins

  • 2012-02: Guidance on Managing Content on Shared Drives, December 6, 2011  

FY 2011 NARA Bulletins

  • 2011-04: Guidance on Managing Mixed-Media Files, July 18, 2011
  • 2011-03: Guidance Concerning the use of E-mail Archiving Applications to Store E-mail, December 30, 2010

FY 2010 NARA Bulletins

  • 2010-05: Guidance on Managing Records in Cloud Computing Environments, September 30, 2010
     
  • 2010-03: Flexible Scheduling, May 03, 2010

FY 2009 NARA Bulletins

  • 2009-02: Guidance concerning managing records in multi-agency environments, June 18, 2009

FY 2008 NARA Bulletins

  • 2008-06: Records Storage Facility Standards, August 25, 2008

FY 2007 NARA Bulletins

  • 2007-02: Guidance concerning the use of Enterprise Rights Management (ERM) and other encryption-related software on Federal records, April 30, 2007

Earlier NARA Bulletins Still in Effect

  • 2005-06: Additional requirement for transferring permanent records to the National Archives of the United States directly from agencies, August 22, 2005

Past NARA Bulletins

This section contains NARA bulletins that are no longer in effect.

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