USDA Records Management Regulations

Federal Laws Relating to Records Management

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Bulletins

Records Management Forms

USDA Records Management Regulations

DR 3080-1 Records Disposition. Policies, responsibilities, and procedures for the orderly disposition of records within the Department of Agriculture. This Departmental Regulation is a revision of DR 3080-1 Records Disposition. It supersedes DR 3080-1, dated August 30, 1984; DR 3040-1 Electronic Records Management Program, dated April 7, 1993; and DR 3090-1 Vital Records Program, dated July 17, 1986. It obsoletes DR 3040-2 Call Detail Records, dated August 31, 1995.

Federal Laws Related to Records Management

National Archives and Records Administration - 44 U.S.C. Chapter 21

Records Management by the Archivist of the United States and by the Administrator of General Services - 44 U.S.C. Chapter 29

Federal Records Act - 44 U.S.C. Chapter 31 - Records Management by Federal Agencies NARA Regulations in Code of Federal Regulations

Disposal of Records - 44 U.S.C. Chapter 33

Paperwork Reduction Act - 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35 - Coordination of Federal Information Policy

Clinger-Cohen Act - Information Technology Management Reform Act (ITMRA), dated February 10, 1996

Administrative Procedure - 5 U.S.C. Chapter 5

The Freedom of Information Act - § 552. Public Information; agency rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings - As Amended By Public Law No.104-231, 110 Stat. 2422

The Privacy Act
§ 552a. Records maintained on individuals

§ 553. Rule making

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Bulletins

Records Management Forms

SF 135 - Records Transmittal and Receipt (Leaving Site)

SF 135 - Continuation Sheet (Leaving Site)

SF258 - Agreement to Transfer Records to the National Archives of the United States (Leaving Site)

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