Determining what actions are taken regarding records no longer needed for current government business but that may warrant long-term retention because of some other value they have.

• Archives Resource Center - schedules for local government records
• Berkeley Laboratories - records retention schedules
• City and County of Denver - records retention schedule
• East Carolina University - records retention and disposition schedule
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - searchable records schedules; see also Basic Requirements of an Electronic Recordkeeping System at EPA: Lifecycle Management
• Internal Revenue Service - Electronic Records Retention Requirements for Auto Dealerships
• Kansas State Historical Society - state records retention schedules
• Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives - General Schedule for Electronic and Related Records
• Library of Virginia - Electronic Records (General Schedule 110) - Records Management and Imaging Services Division
• Minnesota Department of Human Services - Records Retention Schedules - see also Electronic Records Management Guidelines
• National Archives and Records Administration - General Retention Schedules - electronic records addressed in GRS 1-16, 18, 20 and 23
• Oregon State University - Guidelines for Electronic Records Retention - and General Retention Schedule
• Ohio Historical Society - IT General Schedules
• State of Delaware - state agency general records retention schedule
• State of Hawaii - Electronic Records (Schedule 11) - Accounting and General Services: Archives Division
• State of Massachusetts Court System - guidelines for the retention of administrative records and case papers
• Texas Department of State Health Services - Disposition of State Records - records retention schedule by program
• United Nations - Electronic Mail and Electronic Forms (ARMS 001) - retention schedule for records of Archives and Records Management Section/CAS/FCSD/OCSS/DM
• University of Georgia - retention schedule
• University of Houston System - Records Retention Schedule - schedule adheres to Texas State Library and Archives Commission Electronic Records Standards and Procedures
• University of Louisville - university retention schedules
• University of Minnesota - university-wide records retention schedule
• University of Texas - Office of Accounting Records Retention Schedule - includes link to electronic records policy
• University of Washington - Electronic Email (UW-GS 5) - general records retention schedule
• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) - Electronic Records Disposition Schedule