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Disposition authority

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-008212

1. Legal approval empowering an agency to transfer permanent records to the National Archives or carry out the disposal of temporary records. Must be obtained from NARA and also, for certain records proposed as temporary, from the General Accounting Office (GAO).

2. The agency's approval of disposition instructions for nonrecord materials.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-008212
FieldEnvironment
SubjectPolicy and guidance
SynonymsDISPOSAL AUTHORITY; RECORDS DISPOSITION AUTHORITY
ReferencesRecords Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008212",
  "term": "Disposition authority",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "DISPOSITION AUTHORITY",
  "definition": "1. Legal approval empowering an agency to transfer permanent records to the National Archives or carry out the disposal of temporary records. Must be obtained from NARA and also, for certain records proposed as temporary, from the General Accounting Office (GAO).\n\n2. The agency's approval of disposition instructions for nonrecord materials.",
  "synonyms": [
    "DISPOSAL AUTHORITY",
    "RECORDS DISPOSITION AUTHORITY"
  ],
  "subject": "Policy and guidance",
  "references": [
    "Records Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/disposition-authority/"
}

Record 8,012 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.