36 CFR § 1236.24 - What are the additional requirements for managing unstructured electronic records?

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title: "36 CFR § 1236.24 - What are the additional requirements for managing unstructured electronic records?"
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "1236.24"
section_name: "What are the additional requirements for managing unstructured electronic records?"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION"
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subchapter_name: "RECORDS MANAGEMENT"
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part_name: "ELECTRONIC RECORDS MANAGEMENT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "44 U.S.C. 2904, 3101, 3102, 3105, 3301, 3302, and 3312."
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# 1236.24 What are the additional requirements for managing unstructured electronic records?

(a) Agencies that manage unstructured electronic records electronically must ensure that the records are filed in a recordkeeping system that meets the requirements in § 1236.10, except that transitory e-mail may be managed in accordance with § 1236.22(c).

(b) Agencies that maintain paper files as their recordkeeping systems must establish policies and issue instructions to staff to ensure that unstructured records are printed out for filing in a way that captures any pertinent hidden text (such as comment fields) or structural relationships (e.g., among worksheets in spreadsheets or other complex documents) required to meet agency business needs.