44 USC § 2911 - Disclosure requirement for official business conducted using non-official electronic messaging accounts

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title: "44 USC § 2911 - Disclosure requirement for official business conducted using non-official electronic messaging accounts"
title_number: 44
title_name: "PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS"
section_number: "2911"
section_name: "Disclosure requirement for official business conducted using non-official electronic messaging accounts"
chapter_number: 29
chapter_name: "RECORDS MANAGEMENT BY THE ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES AND BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL SERVICES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-02-05"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 113–187, § 10(a), Nov. 26, 2014, 128 Stat. 2014.)"
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# § 2911. Disclosure requirement for official business conducted using non-official electronic messaging accounts

**(a)** **In General.—** An officer or employee of an executive agency may not create or send a record using a non-official electronic messaging account unless such officer or employee—

**(1)** copies an official electronic messaging account of the officer or employee in the original creation or transmission of the record; or

**(2)** forwards a complete copy of the record to an official electronic messaging account of the officer or employee not later than 20 days after the original creation or transmission of the record.

**(b)** **Adverse Actions.—** The intentional violation of subsection (a) (including any rules, regulations, or other implementing guidelines), as determined by the appropriate supervisor, shall be a basis for disciplinary action in accordance with subchapter I, II, or V of chapter 75 of title 5, as the case may be.

**(c)** **Definitions.—** In this section:

**(1)** **Electronic messages.—** The term “electronic messages” means electronic mail and other electronic messaging systems that are used for purposes of communicating between individuals.

**(2)** **Electronic messaging account.—** The term “electronic messaging account” means any account that sends electronic messages.

**(3)** **Executive agency.—** The term “executive agency” has the meaning given that term in section 105 of title 5.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 113–187, § 10(a), Nov. 26, 2014, 128 Stat. 2014.)