---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 1223.12"
title: "36"
number: "1223.12"
heading: "What are the objectives of a vital records program?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/1223.12"
---

# §1223.12. What are the objectives of a vital records program?


A vital records program has two objectives:

- (a) It provides an agency with the information it needs to conduct its business under other than normal operating conditions and to resume normal business afterward; and
- (b) It enables agency officials to identify and protect the most important records dealing with the legal and financial rights of the agency and of persons directly affected by the agency's actions.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3101; E.O. 12656, 53 FR 47491, 3 CFR, 1988 Comp., p. 585; E.O. 13231, 66 FR 53063, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 805.

### Source

Source: 74 FR 51014, Oct. 2, 2009, unless otherwise noted.