§4357 Definitions

Summary

Defines key words used in the chapter. Advisory Committee means the group that advises the State Department about historical diplomatic records. Historian means the State Department’s Historian, or any officer who takes over that job, doing the Office of the Historian’s work as it existed on October 28, 1991. Originating agency means the U.S. department, agency, or official that creates, prepares, issues, or otherwise handles a record (including if it gets the record from outside the U.S. Government). Record means documentary material — like documents, memos, correspondence, statistics, books, maps, photos, or electronic files — made or received by a U.S. agency under federal law or while doing public business and kept as evidence or for information; it does not include library or museum items kept only for reference or display, extra convenience copies, or stocks of publications or processed documents.