AC 13.2021

Date: December 02, 2020

MEMORANDUM TO FEDERAL AGENCY CONTACTS: Draft Regulations for Digitizing Permanent Records

NARA has posted a proposed regulation with standards for digitizing permanent records in the Federal Register for public comment. The proposed regulation is available at 

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/12/01/2020-26239/federal-records-management-digitizing-permanent-records-and-reviewing-records-schedules

Comments are due on or before February 1, 2021. To make a comment, please follow the instructions in the Federal Register notice. 

We will be sharing more information about the regulation and the digitization standards, including an in-depth conversation at the December 16, 2020 Agency Services BRIDG  meeting. 

LAURENCE BREWER
Chief Records Officer
for the U.S. Government