Are there different types of disposition schedules?
Yes, there are two types of schedules: A. Service Comprehensive Records Disposition Schedule (records schedule). This schedule is: (1) Available as Appendix 1 to this chapter, (2) The primary schedule employees should use, taking precedence over the General Records Schedule (see section 2.4B below), (3) Approved by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), and (4) A list of our primary records categories and their required retention periods. B. The General Records Schedule (GRS). Employees should only use this schedule when they cannot find a record category in our records schedule. The GRS is NARA’s listing of records common to most agencies and includes their approved retention periods. 2.5 How do Service employees use our records schedule? Employees use the schedule: A. To maintain those records they consider permanent, B. As a guide to structure filing systems (using the designated categories), and C. To save space (by eliminating or transferring temporary records we
