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Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Records Management Handbook To view or download PDF version, click here. What is a Record? All books, papers, maps, photographs, machine readable materials, or other documentary materials, regardless of physical form or characteristic, made or received by an agency of the U.S. Government under Federal law or in connection with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by that agency or its legitimate successor as evidence of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, operations, or other activities of the Government or because of the informational value of data in them (44 U.S.C. 3301). Quick definition: Any document created or received in the course of business.

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