36 CFR §1222.28
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To 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.