{"data":{"id":"us/36-cfr-1222.24","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"36 CFR 1222.24","heading":"How do agencies establish recordkeeping requirements?","body":"(a) Agencies must ensure that procedures, directives and other issuances; systems planning and development documentation; and other relevant records include recordkeeping requirements for records in all media, including those records created or received on electronic mail systems. Recordkeeping requirements must:\n(1) Identify and prescribe specific categories of records to be systematically created or received and maintained by agency personnel in the course of their official duties;\n(2) Specify the use of materials and recording techniques that ensure the preservation of records as long as they are needed by the Government;\n(3) Specify the manner in which these materials must be maintained wherever held;\n(4) Propose how long records must be maintained for agency business through the scheduling process in part 1225 of this subchapter;\n(5) Distinguish records from nonrecord materials and comply with the provisions in Subchapter B concerning records scheduling and disposition;\n(6) Include procedures to ensure that departing officials and employees do not remove Federal records from agency custody and remove nonrecord materials only in accordance with § 1222.18;\n(7) Define the special recordkeeping responsibilities of program managers, information technology staff, systems administrators, and the general recordkeeping responsibilities of all agency employees.\n(b) Agencies must provide the training described in § 1220.34(f) of this subchapter and inform all employees that they are responsible and accountable for keeping accurate and complete records of their activities.","path":["Title 36—Parks, Forests, and Public Property","CHAPTER XII—NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION","SUBCHAPTER B—RECORDS MANAGEMENT","PART 1222—CREATION AND MAINTENANCE OF FEDERAL RECORDS","Subpart B—Agency Recordkeeping Requirements"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-36.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:44Z","sha256":"11dbb20d2f35ffe06fc2b6fb9eed5b034e0186f03550fadc826cc1ed51603320","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/36-cfr-1222.22","next":"us/36-cfr-1222.26"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}