What Does NARA’s New 2022 Requirement Mean for Originals?

What Does NARA’s New 2022 Requirement Mean for Originals?

What does NARA's new requirement mean for originals?On June 28, the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) established a new rule for federal agencies: “By December 31, 2022, all permanent records in Federal agencies will be managed electronically to the fullest extent possible for eventual transfer and accessioning by NARA in an electronic format.”

That means after 2022 agencies will be required to convert any physical, analog records into electronic format for transfer to NARA. But the guidance leaves open an interesting question: what about the original, analog record itself?

To learn more about this requirement, read the full article over on the TransAccessDM blog.