What is a Record? Records document the Agency's business: it's organizations, policies, decisions, achievements, and operations. Records that document those aspects of NASA business are contained on paper, audio/visual, micrographics, and electronic media and managed as information resources. Information, in the form of records, is a critical resource necessary to assure the success of the Space program and preserve its history.
The objectives of NASA records management are to:
make current and inactive records available for employee use,
preserve significant records for future engineers and our Nation's history, and
NPR 1441.1D—NASA Record Retention Schedule NASA records of temporary retention value are destroyed, and historically significant records transferred to the National Archives, in accordance with this NPR.
NASA Official for Records Management Related Matters
NASA Records Officer: Patti F. Stockman NASA Office of the Chief Information Officer NASA Headquarters Washington, DC 20546-0001 Contact: 202-358-4787
Reports
Scheduling e-records
NASA Process (PDF, 92K) to Comply with NARA Bulletin 2006-02—Scheduling Records in Electronic Information Systems
