Guidance Concerning the Use of E-mail Archiving Applications to Store E-mail

Citation
National Archives and Records Administration, Guidance Concerning the use of E-mail Archiving Applications to Store E-mail (Dec. 22, 2010) (full-text).

Overview
This bulletin provides guidance to Federal agencies on using e-mail archiving applications and similar technologies for managing e-mail records. It advises agencies that:


 * Although e-mail archiving applications may provide business benefits to an agency, e-mail archiving applications can be limited in their capabilities to keep and organize records according to records management laws, regulations, and policies; and,
 * If an agency decides to use e-mail archiving applications to manage Federal records the agency is responsible for addressing those areas where the applications do not meet the requirements of the Federal Records Act and applicable NARA regulations.