What are the series level recordkeeping requirements?
36 C.F.R. § 1222.28
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01To ensure that record series and systems adequately document agency policies, transactions, and activities, each program must develop recordkeeping requirements for records series and systems that include:
(a) Identification of information and documentation that must be included in the series and/or system;
(b) Arrangement of each series and the records within the series and/or system;
(c) Identification of the location of the records and the staff responsible for maintaining the records;
(d) Policies and procedures for maintaining the documentation of phone calls, meetings, instant messages, and electronic mail exchanges that include substantive information about agency policies and activities;
(e) Policies and procedures for identifying working files and for determining the record status of working files in paper and electronic form; and
(f) Policies and procedures for maintaining series consisting of different media.
Source: eCFRURL: https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2024-07-01/title-36.xmlFetched: 7/26/2026
