RECORDS SCHEDULE

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-023388",
  "term": "RECORDS SCHEDULE",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Also called records disposition schedule, records control schedule, records retention schedule, records retention and disposition schedule, or schedule. A document that describes agency records, establishes a period for their retention by the agency, and provides mandatory instructions for what to do with them when they are no longer needed for current Government business. The term refers to: (1) an SF 115, Request for Records Disposition Authority, that has been approved by NARA to authorize the disposition of Federal records; (2) a General Records Schedule (GRS) issued by NARA; and (3) a printed agency manual or directive containing the records descriptions and disposition instructions approved by NARA on one or more SF 115s or issued by NARA in the GRS. (Source: 36 CFR 1220.14)",
  "synonyms": [
    "DISPOSAL SCHEDULE",
    "DISPOSITION SCHEDULE",
    "RECORDS CONTROL SCHEDULE",
    "RECORDS DISPOSITION SCHEDULE",
    "RECORDS RETENTION AND DISPOSITION SCHEDULE",
    "RECORDS RETENTION SCHEDULE",
    "RETENTION SCHEDULE",
    "SCHEDULE"
  ],
  "subject": "Policy and guidance",
  "references": [
    "Records Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/records-schedule/"
}