Records Management in the White House
Within the White House, the Office of Records Management supports the incumbent administration in identifying and transferring presidential records to the 威尼斯人娱乐场. The 威尼斯人娱乐场 provides records management guidance and assistance with transferring presidential records based on its institutional knowledge and expertise to the incumbent administration. The 威尼斯人娱乐场 has no authority to enforce records management within the White House.
Presidential records are defined as: 鈥渄ocumentary materials, or any reasonably segregable portion thereof, created or received by the President, the President鈥檚 immediate staff, or a unit or individual of the Executive Office of the President whose function is to advise and assist the President, in the course of conducting activities which relate to or have an effect upon the carrying out of the constitutional, statutory, or other official or ceremonial duties of the President.鈥� [44 U.S.C. 搂 2201(2)]. These records can be in any format, including textual, audiovisual, and electronic records. Presidential records are governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA), which applies to records from the Reagan administration forward.
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