federal records
National archive materials
Federal records are documents created or received by agencies of the United States government in the course of official business.
The term has legal significance: federal records must be preserved according to retention schedules and cannot be destroyed or removed without authorization.
The National Archives maintains federal records of historical value.
The handling of federal records becomes contentious when officials leave office with documents in their possession.
- FOIA requestsDemands for government documents
- freedom of informationPublic access to state records
- digitizationAnalog-to-electronic transformation
- microfilmPhotographically reduced documents
- filing cabinetsFurniture for organized documents
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- archivesnational archives, state archives, archivist, archive box, national archive
- crime recordscase files, police reports, court cases, mugshots, rap sheets
- government documentswhite paper, laws, gazette, constitutions, official documents
- official recordsbirth certificate, government documents, birth certificates, death certificate, death certificates
- presidential librariesReagan Library, presidential papers, documents, collections, research center
- criminal recordscriminal history, criminal histories, rap sheet, rap sheets, convictions
federal recordsstate records
Government's official documentation
county records · city records · state archives · town records · local archives
federal recordsprivate correspondence
Confidential written communication
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