National Archives and Records Administration

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archives independent federal agency records management agency

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent U.S. federal agency responsible for preserving and providing access to the nation’s government records and historical documents.

Aliases (22)

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archives → independent federal agency → records management agency →
abbreviation	NARA →
archivesType	national archives →
country	United States →
dateFormed	1985 →
employs	archivists → historians → information technology specialists → records managers →
formedFrom	National Archives and Records Service →
hasMotto	Democracy starts here →
headquartersAddress	700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. →
headquartersBuilding	National Archives Building →
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. →
holds	Bill of Rights → Declaration of Independence → United States Constitution → federal census records → federal court records → military service records → naturalization records → presidential records →
jurisdiction	federal government of the United States →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
legalStatus	independent agency of the United States federal government →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
mandatedBy	Federal Records Act → Presidential Records Act →
operates	National Archives at College Park → Presidential Libraries → federal records centers → online catalog of archival holdings → regional archives facilities →
oversees	Information Security Oversight Office → National Historical Publications and Records Commission → Office of Government Information Services → Office of the Federal Register → Presidential Libraries system →
parentOrganization	United States federal government →
predecessor	National Archives Establishment →
responsibleFor	access to U.S. government records → archival standards and guidance for federal agencies → constitutional amendment ratification documents → electoral vote certificates → management of federal records → preservation of U.S. federal government records → presidential papers and materials → publication of the Federal Register →
sector	public sector →
subjectOf	U.S. federal records laws and regulations →
website	https://www.archives.gov →

Referenced by (114)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Advisory Commission to the Council of National Defense ("U.S. National Archives and Records Administration") → Economic Cooperation Administration ("U.S. National Archives and Records Administration") → Executive Order 8807 → Federal Writers’ Project → Foreign Economic Administration ("U.S. National Archives and Records Administration") → Home Owners' Loan Corporation ("U.S. National Archives") → House Un-American Activities Committee ("U.S. National Archives and Records Administration") → Institute of Inter-American Affairs ("U.S. National Archives and Records Administration") → Office for Emergency Management → Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes ("U.S. National Archives and Records Administration") → Office of Chief of Counsel for War Crimes ("National Archives at College Park") → Office of Military Government, United States ("U.S. National Archives and Records Administration") → Office of Strategic Services ("U.S. National Archives and Records Administration") → Office of War Information ("U.S. National Archives and Records Administration") → Overseas Branch ("U.S. National Archives and Records Administration") → Pentagon Papers → Social Security Board → United States House Select Committee on Assassinations ("U.S. National Archives and Records Administration") → United States Senate Watergate Committee ("U.S. National Archives and Records Administration") →	archivesAt
George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum → Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum → Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum → Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum → Jimmy Carter Library and Museum → John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum → National Archives Building → Presidential Libraries → Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum → Ronald Reagan Presidential Library → Ronald Reagan Presidential Library →	operatedBy
Definitive Treaty of Peace ("United States National Archives") → Emancipation Proclamation → Executive Order 9182 → Executive Order 9346 → Executive Order 9417 → German Instrument of Surrender → Szilard petition ("U.S. National Archives") → Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo →	archivedAt
Albert C. Wedemeyer ("U.S. National Archives") → Civil Works Administration ("U.S. National Archives") → Civilian Production Administration ("National Archives and Records Administration finding aids") → War Refugee Board ("U.S. National Archives") → War Refugee Board ("U.S. National Archives") →	describedBySource
Code of Federal Regulations ("Office of the Federal Register") → Code of Federal Regulations ("Office of the Federal Register") → Code of Federal Regulations → Presidential Libraries → United States Statutes at Large ("Office of the Federal Register") →	maintainedBy
Code of Federal Regulations ("Office of the Federal Register") → Code of Federal Regulations → Federal Register → United States Statutes at Large ("Office of the Federal Register") → United States Statutes at Large →	publisher
Kennan’s Long Telegram ("U.S. National Archives") → Long Telegram ("U.S. National Archives") → Stroop Report ("United States National Archives") → War Department Circular 59 (1941) ("U.S. National Archives") →	archivedIn
Archivist of the United States → National Archives and Records Administration ("Office of the Federal Register") → National Archives and Records Administration ("Presidential Libraries system") → National Archives and Records Administration ("National Historical Publications and Records Commission") →	oversees
Archives I → Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum → Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum →	governingBody
Air Force One Pavilion → Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home → Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum →	operator
ISOO → Information Security Oversight Office → Office of Government Information Services →	parentOrganization
Controlled Unclassified Information program → Presidential Records Act →	administeredBy
1950 State of the Union Address → Presidential Proclamation →	archivedBy
Prince George’s County, Maryland ("National Archives at College Park") → Title 44 of the United States Code ("Chapter 21 – National Archives and Records Administration") →	contains
Executive Order 13556 → Executive Order 13556 ("NARA") →	designatesAsExecutiveAgent
Federal Records Act → Federal Records Act ("Archivist of the United States") →	designatesAuthority
College Park, Maryland ("National Archives at College Park") → College Park, Maryland ("United States National Archives and Records Administration facility at College Park") →	isHomeOf
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum ("Presidential Libraries system") → Office of Government Information Services →	partOf
Federal Records Act ("National Archives and Records Administration Act") → Presidential Libraries ("U.S. federal archives system") →	relatedTo
National Archives and Records Administration ("NARA") →	abbreviation
Obama Presidential Center →	affiliation
Federal Security Agency →	archivalRecordsHeldBy
White House tapes ("U.S. National Archives and Records Administration") →	archiveLocation
United States Department of War →	archivesHeldIn
Warren Commission →	archivesLocation
National Archives and Records Administration ("national archives") →	archivesType
Presidential Records Act →	assignsResponsibilityTo
Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs →	availableAt
Government Printing Office →	collaboratesWith
House Office of the Clerk →	cooperatesWith
Archivist of the United States ("National Archives") →	createdFor
Executive Order 13526 ("National Declassification Center") →	creates
Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014 ("National Archives and Records Administration as lead oversight agency for federal records") →	designates
National Archives and Records Administration ("National Archives and Records Service") →	formedFrom
Suitland, Maryland ("National Archives at College Park – Suitland facility") →	hasLandmark
Archivist of the United States →	headOf
Washington, D.C. →	hostsInstitution
Executive Order 13556 →	implementedBy
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima ("National Archives of the United States") →	includedIn
Archives I →	managedBy
National Archives and Records Administration ("National Archives at College Park") →	operates
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum →	ownedBy
OGIS →	parentAgency
National Archives and Records Administration ("National Archives Establishment") →	predecessor
Title 44 of the United States Code →	regulates
Information Security Oversight Office ("Archivist of the United States") →	reportsTo
Title 44 of the United States Code ("national archives") →	subject