Federal Agencies Propose Tossing Old Records
Published Date: 5/26/2026
Notice
Summary
The National Archives is sharing new plans from federal agencies about which old records they want to toss because they’re no longer needed. If you have thoughts, you can comment online by July 10, 2026. This helps keep government files tidy without costing extra money or time.
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Archivist must approve records destruction
Agencies may not destroy Federal records without approval from the Archivist of the United States; the Archivist considers the records' administrative, legal, research, and historical value and public comments as part of deciding whether to approve a schedule. Approved schedules authorize agencies to either preserve records in the National Archives or to destroy records after a specified retention period.
Five agency record series proposed
The notice lists five specific agency records schedules pending disposition authority: (1) Bureau of Prisons — Compassionate Release/Reduction in Sentence Tracking System (RIS) (DAA-0129-2025-0004); (2) Bureau of Prisons — Trust Fund Accounting and Commissary System (TRUFACS) Records (DAA-0129-2025-0017); (3) Federal Aviation Administration — United States Agent for Service (USAS) Portal (DAA-0237-2025-0018); (4) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — New Car Assessment Program (DAA-0416-2025-0005); and (5) National Indian Gaming Commission — Tribal gaming licensing records of Primary Management Officials and Key Employees (DAA-0600-2026-0001).
Public comment window open
You can review and comment on proposed federal records schedules in docket NARA-26-0265 on regulations.gov. Comments must be received by July 10, 2026, and you can submit them at https://www.regulations.gov (search docket NARA-26-0265) or contact NARA by the email address listed in the notice.
NARA posts schedules and responses
NARA will post the proposed records schedules and appraisal memoranda to the regulations.gov docket for this notice and will publish a Consolidated Reply after the Archivist acts. After approval, schedules will be posted in the Records Control Schedule (RCS) Repository at https://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/rcs.
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