§ 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.