{"data":{"id":"us/36-cfr-1222.26","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"36 CFR 1222.26","heading":"What are the general recordkeeping requirements for agencies?","body":"(a) To ensure the adequate and proper documentation of agency programs, each program must develop recordkeeping requirements that identify:\n(1) The record series and systems that must be created and maintained to document program policies, procedures, functions, activities, and transactions;\n(2) The office responsible for maintaining the record copies of those series and systems, and the applicable system administrator responsible for ensuring authenticity, protection, and ready retrieval of electronic records;\n(3) Related records series and systems;\n(4) The relationship between paper and electronic files in the same series; and\n(5) Policies, procedures, and strategies for ensuring that records are retained long enough to meet programmatic, administrative, fiscal, legal, and historical needs as authorized in a NARA-approved disposition schedule.\n(b) Agencies must capture, manage, and preserve electronic records with appropriate metadata and must be able to access and retrieve electronic records, including electronic messages, through electronic searches.","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":"109c73fd5638a57cfcce89e7a2755e6760e859d800eaf1f288efa23efddeb1ad","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/36-cfr-1222.24","next":"us/36-cfr-1222.28"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}