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- the holding or keeping of records and maintaining them in good condition and readily accessible for agency use and/or public inspection. Records are retained in the original custodial office so long as they are useful for immediate evidence and reference in the daily work of the office. Thereafter, records must continue to be retained, whether temporarily in a records center or permanently in an archives, for so long as the specific records disposition authorization for those records requires.
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