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Federal Records: Removal of Agency Documents by Senior Officials Upon Leaving Office

GGD-89-91 Published: Jul 25, 1989. Publicly Released: Sep 12, 1989.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO surveyed 13 cabinet-level departments to assess the extent to which they governed senior officials' removal of federal records upon leaving office.

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Federal records managementFreedom of informationGovernment informationPresidential transitionPublic officialsRecordsRecords dispositionRecords retentionRecords managementClassified information