98-27513. General Records Schedule (GRS) 20

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 198 (Wednesday, October 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 55148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27513]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION


General Records Schedule (GRS) 20

AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration.

ACTION: Notice regarding General Records Schedule (GRS) 20.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Memorandum Opinion and Order of the 
United States District Court for the District of Columbia, dated 
September 29, 1998, in Public Citizen v. Carlin, Civil No. 96-2840, the 
Archivist of the United States issues the following statement:
    The District Court's injunction of April 9, 1998, prohibiting the 
Archivist from issuing Federal Register notices, bulletins, directives 
or other official statements of any kind stating that General Records 
Schedule 20 currently authorizes the disposition of electronic records, 
remains in effect.
    The District Court has further authorized the Archivist to state 
that a federal agency may continue to follow its present disposition 
practices for electronic records until (1) the agency has submitted and 
received approval from the National Archives and Records Administration 
(NARA) on a Request for Records Disposition Authority; (2) notification 
by NARA that the appeal in this case has been resolved and NARA has 
provided further guidance as a result of the appellate court's 
decision; or (3) further Order of the District Court.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Miller, Modern Records Program 
(NWM), National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, 
College Park, MD 20740-6001, [phone], or NARA's web site at 
http://www/nara/gov/records/grs20/index.html>.

    Dated: October 8, 1998.
John W. Carlin,
Archivist of the United States.
[FR Doc. 98-27513 Filed 10-13-98; 8:45 am]
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