DISPOSITION

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008211",
  "term": "DISPOSITION",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The actions taken regarding records no longer needed for current Government business. These actions include transfer to agency storage facilities or Federal records centers, transfer from one Federal agency to another, transfer of permanent records to the National Archives, and disposal of temporary records. Disposition is the third stage of the records life cycle. See also DISPOSAL (1), FINAL DISPOSITION, LIFE CYCLE OF RECORDS, RETENTION PERIOD, RETIREMENT, SCHEDULED RECORDS, SCHEDULING, TRANSFER, UNSCHEDULED RECORDS.\n\n2. The actions taken regarding nonrecord materials when no longer needed, including screening and destruction. See also DISPOSITION INSTRUCTIONS (2), SCHEDULING.",
  "expansions": [
    "RECORDS DISPOSITION"
  ],
  "subject": "Policy and guidance",
  "references": [
    "Records Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/disposition/"
}