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Justice Manual § 3-13.300
Office Files
The records and files of all United States Attorneys’ offices should be maintained in current and orderly manner, and shall be disposed of in accordance with the General Records Schedules issued by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), or the retention schedules approved specifically for EOUSA and USAOs by the Archivist of the United States (see NARA’s Web site at: http://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/rcs/ for Records Group (RG) 60 and RG118). Non-record materials, e.g., extra copies of correspondence and duplicate copies of records, may be destroyed without disposition authority.
History
[updated March 2022]
Provenance
- Source
- justice.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-20
- Edition
- jm-2026-09-20
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