36 CFR §1223.12
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A vital records program has two objectives:
- (a)It provides an agency with the information it needs to conduct its business under other than normal operating conditions and to resume normal business afterward; and
- (b)It enables agency officials to identify and protect the most important records dealing with the legal and financial rights of the agency and of persons directly affected by the agency's actions.