{"data":{"id":"us/36-cfr-1236.24","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"36 CFR 1236.24","heading":"What are the additional requirements for managing unstructured electronic records?","body":"(a) Agencies that manage unstructured electronic records electronically must ensure that the records are filed in a recordkeeping system that meets the requirements in § 1236.10, except that transitory e-mail may be managed in accordance with § 1236.22(c).\n(b) Agencies that maintain paper files as their recordkeeping systems must establish policies and issue instructions to staff to ensure that unstructured records are printed out for filing in a way that captures any pertinent hidden text (such as comment fields) or structural relationships (e.g., among worksheets in spreadsheets or other complex documents) required to meet agency business needs.","path":["Title 36—Parks, Forests, and Public Property","CHAPTER XII—NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION","SUBCHAPTER B—RECORDS MANAGEMENT","PART 1236—ELECTRONIC RECORDS MANAGEMENT","Subpart C—Additional Requirements for Electronic Records"],"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":"9a7acf8f7e23c7957f6ab835b2731cf60c1b38e5d8ede23c2852126643a97009","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/36-cfr-1236.22","next":"us/36-cfr-1236.26"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}