Records Relating to Records Management by Federal Agencies, 1949–1961

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Records Relating to Records Management by Federal Agencies, 1949–1961

1949-1961

This series consists of correspondence, reports, and finding aids relating to records retention and management at U.S. Federal agencies. Included are records relating to the Bureau of the Budget, the Division of Administrative Management, the Office of Censorship, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Civil Service Commission, the Bureau of Prisons, the Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, and the Department of Justice (DOJ).

10 linear inches

eng, Latn

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SNAC Resource ID: 11675727

National Archives at College Park

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United States. Bureau of Prisons

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The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) was created by the Act of May 14, 1930 (ch.274,- 46 Stat. 325) and signed into law by President Herbert Hoover. The mission of the Bureau of Prisons was to maintain secure, safe, and humane correctional institutions for individuals placed in the custody of the U.S. Attorney General; to develop and operate correctional programs that seek a balanced application of the concepts of punishment, deterrence, incapacitation and rehabilitation; and provide, primarily through t...