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§ 2902. —  Objectives of records management.



[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 44USC2902]

 
                 TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
 
CHAPTER 29--RECORDS MANAGEMENT BY THE ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES AND 
                BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL SERVICES
 
Sec. 2902. Objectives of records management

    It is the purpose of this chapter, and chapters 21, 31, and 33 of 
this title, to require the establishment of standards and procedures to 
assure efficient and effective records management. Such records 
management standards and procedures shall seek to implement the 
following goals:
        (1) Accurate and complete documentation of the policies and 
    transactions of the Federal Government.
        (2) Control of the quantity and quality of records produced by 
    the Federal Government.
        (3) Establishment and maintenance of mechanisms of control with 
    respect to records creation in order to prevent the creation of 
    unnecessary records and with respect to the effective and economical 
    operations of an agency.
        (4) Simplification of the activities, systems, and processes of 
    records creation and of records maintenance and use.
        (5) Judicious preservation and disposal of records.
        (6) Direction of continuing attention on records from their 
    initial creation to their final disposition, with particular 
    emphasis on the prevention of unnecessary Federal paperwork.
        (7) Establishment and maintenance of such other systems or 
    techniques as the Administrator or the Archivist considers necessary 
    to carry out the purposes of this chapter, and chapters 21, 31, and 
    33 of this title.

(Added Pub. L. 94-575, Sec. 2(a)(1), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2724; 
amended Pub. L. 98-497, title I, Sec. 107(b)(14), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 
Stat. 2288.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 2902, Pub. L. 90-620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1296, 
related to activities of the Administrator of General Services with 
respect to records management, surveys, and reports, prior to repeal by 
Pub. L. 94-575, Sec. 2(a)(1). See section 2904 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1984--Par. (7). Pub. L. 98-497 inserted ``or the Archivist'' after 
``Administrator''.


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 98-497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section 301 
of Pub. L. 98-497, set out as a note under section 2102 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3102 of this title.



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