n.the records created and kept by a governmental entityBrooks 1940, 223Intelligent appraisal of official papers may be facilitated by considering the several steps in the life history of a given body of documents.Bamberger 1981, 23Access regulations for public institutions vary widely by state, ranging from those of a state where the bulk of its public records are the official papers of government employees to those of a “public records state” where the laws provide that the official records of public institutions are also open to the public unless specifically restricted.Vernon 1985, 9–10The Documentation Standards Staff has planned and is initiating several specific projects. The first is a Presidential Appointees Handbook with component 9 sections addressing the Privacy Act, FOIA, “personal” versus official papers, the Federal Records Act and related legislation, as well as the implications of using word process.McAninch 1988, 71The University of Alaska–Fairbanks has published a guide to the personal and official papers of the state’s first elected governor.
