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records

Abbreviation(s) and Synonym(s):

None

Definition(s):

  All books, papers, maps, photographs, machine-readable materials, or other documentary materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received by an agency of the United States 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 the data in them.
Source(s):
FIPS 200 under RECORDS 44 U.S.C. Sec. 3301

  The recordings (automated and/or manual) of evidence of activities performed or results achieved (e.g., forms, reports, test results), which serve as a basis for verifying that the organization and the information system are performing as intended. Also used to refer to units of related data fields (i.e., groups of data fields that can be accessed by a program and that contain the complete set of information on particular items).
Source(s):
CNSSI 4009-2015 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4
NIST SP 800-137 under Records CNSSI 4009
NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4 under Records
NIST SP 800-53A Rev. 4 under Records

  The recordings of evidence of activities performed or results achieved (e.g., forms, reports, test results), which serve as a basis for verifying that the organization and the information system are performing as intended. Also used to refer to units of related data fields (i.e., groups of data fields that can be accessed by a program and that contain the complete set of information on particular items).
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-18 Rev. 1 under Records

  All recorded information, regardless of form or characteristics, made or received by a Federal agency 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 United States Government or because of the informational value of data in them.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-37 Rev. 2

  The recordings (automated and/or manual) of evidence of activities performed or results achieved (e.g., forms, reports, test results), which serve as a basis for verifying that the organization and the system are performing as intended. Also used to refer to units of related data fields (i.e., groups of data fields that can be accessed by a program and that contain the complete set of information on particular items).
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 2
NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 1 [Superseded]