RDS Status Updates as of May 2025
The table below provides the status of DOE Records Disposition Schedules (RDS) currently in development, review, or revision. The schedules generally go through the bulleted process below, with the amount of time spent in each phase varying. It typically takes anywhere from nine months to a year or more for NARA to process a new RDS once DOE submits.
- Drafting
- Initial review (including RM community review)
- Comment adjudication
- Final internal stakeholder review and concurrence (SME, PRO, GC, and IG)
- Submission to NARA
- Federal Register posting by NARA
- NARA Approval
- Transmittal of approved DOE RDS to RM community (within 6 months of NARA approval)
DOE RDS currently in development, review, or revision (May 2025)
| Schedule | Status | Nature of the Change |
|---|---|---|
| DOE 2.2, Employee Management Records | Pending concurrence | Verifying that new schedule items meet program needs |
| DOE 2.7, Employee Health and Safety Records | Pending concurrence | Verifying that new schedule items meet program needs |
| DOE 4.2, Information Access and Protection Records | Pending NARA submission | The RDSTT has drafted a DOE schedule to be submitted to NARA following SME review/comment |
| GRS 5.2, Transitory and Intermediary Records | Review | Verifying that schedule items meet program needs |
| DOE 5.3, Continuity and Emergency Response and Recovery Records | Draft | Verifying that schedule items meet program needs and NARA retention is sufficient for crosswalked items |
| DOE 5.4, Facility, Equipment, Vehicle, Property and Supply Records | Draft | The RDSTT is currently drafting a DOE schedule |
| DOE 5.6, Security Records | Draft | The RDSTT is currently drafting a DOE schedule |
| DOE 6.4, Public Affairs Records | Pending Concurrence | Verifying that schedule items meet program needs |
| DOE 19.1, Mission Related Administrative Records | Review | The RDSTT has drafted a DOE schedule to be sent to the RM community and SMEs for review/comment |
| DOE 19.2, Legal Services | Review | The RDSTT has drafted a DOE schedule to be sent to the RM community and SMEs for review/comment |
| DOE 19.3, Audits, Inspections, Analyses, and Information Gathering Records | Review | The RDSTT has drafted a DOE schedule to be sent to the RM community and SMEs for review/comment |
| DOE 19.4, Employee Advocacy Records | Review | The RDSTT has drafted a DOE schedule to be sent to the RM community and SMEs for review/comment |
| DOE 20.1, Radiation Contamination Control and Industrial Hygiene Program | Draft | The RDSTT is currently drafting a DOE schedule |
| DOE 20.2, Safety and Quality Program | Draft | The RDSTT is currently drafting a DOE schedule |
| DOE 20.3, Environmental Administration | Draft | The RDSTT is currently drafting a DOE schedule |
| DOE 20.4: Remediation, Decontamination, Decommissioning, and Demolition Records | Draft | The RDSTT is currently drafting a DOE schedule |