### Question
How is the term records management defined?


### Answer
The term **records management** is defined in *44 U.S.C. § 2901* as the following:

> the planning, controlling, directing, organizing, training, promoting, and other managerial activities involved with respect to records creation, records maintenance and use, and records disposition in order to achieve adequate and proper documentation of the policies and transactions of the Federal Government and effective and economical management of agency operations

#### Citation:
  - *44 U.S.C. § 2901*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 29-RECORDS MANAGEMENT BY THE ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES AND BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL SERVICES**

