Code of Federal Regulations Title 36. Parks, Forests, and Public Property § 36.1236.10 What records management controls must agencies establish for records in electronic information systems?

(a) Reliability:  Controls to ensure a full and accurate representation of the transactions, activities or facts to which they attest and can be depended upon in the course of subsequent transactions or activities.

(b) Authenticity:  Controls to protect against unauthorized addition, deletion, alteration, use, and concealment.

(c) Integrity:  Controls, such as audit trails, to ensure records are complete and unaltered.

(d) Usability:  Mechanisms to ensure records can be located, retrieved, presented, and interpreted.

(e) Content:  Mechanisms to preserve the information contained within the record itself that was produced by the creator of the record;

(f) Context:  Mechanisms to implement cross-references to related records that show the organizational, functional, and operational circumstances about the record, which will vary depending upon the business, legal, and regulatory requirements of the business activity;  and

(g) Structure:  controls to ensure the maintenance of the physical and logical format of the records and the relationships between the data elements.