Civil & Administrative

NARA Opens Comment Period on Proposed Federal Records Disposal Schedules

🇺🇸United States··Notice·Low Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This notice opens a public comment period on proposed federal records schedules. These schedules cover records that federal agencies say they no longer need for day-to-day business and may want authority to dispose of. Businesses, researchers, watchdog groups, and members of the public can review the listed schedules on regulations.gov and submit comments by July 10, 2026. Anyone commenting must identify the specific schedule control number.

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Key Changes

  • Opens public review of proposed federal records disposal schedules
  • Sets July 10, 2026 as the deadline for comments
  • Directs commenters to regulations.gov or NARA email instructions if online submission is not possible

Obligations

What this law requires

low

Submit any comments on the listed proposed records schedules so that NARA receives them by July 10, 2026.

members of the public submitting commentsbusinesses submitting commentsresearchers submitting commentswatchdog groups submitting comments
Comments must be received by July 10, 2026
reporting
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When submitting a comment, identify the specific records schedule by citing the schedule control number listed in parentheses at the end of that schedule’s entry.

members of the public submitting commentsbusinesses submitting commentsresearchers submitting commentswatchdog groups submitting comments
At the time of submitting the comment
reporting

Affected Parties

Federal agenciesBusinesses and organizations that rely on federal records+2 more…

Tags

federal-records,public-comments,records-management