Tod Chernikoff noted:

"Having read this report, I was surprised at the statistics citing 34% of 
federal records being classified in the survey as permanent.  Has anyone out 
there come across this volume, either in public or private institutions?  I 
have chatted with a few people regarding this and they all feel this is on the 
high side. "

I agree, Tod, and so does NARA.  Government wide, only 2-5% of all Federal 
records have permanent retention.  Could this have been a typo of "3-4%", 
rather than 34%?  If not a typo, I'd be interested to see exactly what the 
question was and how it was posed.

I might venture to guess that 34% of all records sent to a Federal Records 
Center for storage have permanent retention; as records with short term 
retention generally never leave the agency that created them.

Brian Devir
ORD Records Liaison Officer
US EPA
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