Records Managers

National Archives and Records Administration
General Records Schedule


GRS Transmittal No. 21
June 13, 2008

TO: Heads of Federal agencies

1. What does this document do?

GRS Transmittal 21 provides an updated subject index for General Records Schedules 1-27, incorporating changes made to the Schedules since GRS Transmittal No. 8, December 1998.

2. How do I get copies of the GRS?

We have posted the complete set of Schedules on our web site (http://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/ardor/records-schedules.html). The GRS is available for downloading in HTML, MS Word, and PDF formats.

3. Whom do I contact for further information?

a. NARA's Life Cycle Management Division provides assistance and advice to agency records officers in the Washington, DC, area. Your agency's records officer may contact the NARA appraiser or records analyst with whom your agency normally works. A list of the appraisal and scheduling work groups is posted on the NARA web site at:
http://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/appraisal/.

b. The Records Management staff in NARA's regional offices provides assistance to records officers across the country. A complete list of NARA regional facilities may be found at:
http://www.archives.gov/locations/index.html.

ALLEN WEINSTEIN
Archivist of the United States

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