Does NARA ever waive general restrictions?
36 C.F.R. § 1256.44
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01NARA may provide access to records withheld under a general restriction only to:
(a) NARA employees for work purposes;
(b) The creating agency or its authorized agent in the conduct of agency business;
(c) The donor, in the case of donated historical materials; or
(d) The subject of the records in some cases or the subject's authorized agent.
Source: eCFRURL: https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2024-07-01/title-36.xmlFetched: 7/26/2026