FOIA Processing in the Presidential Electronic Records PilOt System

official ARL or NARA position unless so indicated by other authorized documentation The Presidential Electronic Records Pilot System (PERPOS) supports systematic processing of Presidential Electronic Records. It consists of two software components. The Archival Repository Tool (ART) supports accession, cataloging, repository management, and production of reference copies of e-records that are available for public access. The Archival Processing Tool (APT) supports arrangement, preservation, and review of electronic records in the repository. This report describes additional functions developed for PERPOS that support FOIA Processing of Presidential e-records. FOIA Processing is initiated by a citizen's request for records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). A search is made of accessioned records (usually unprocessed) to determine the records related to the request. The requestor is notified of the volume of records (in pages) that are potentially relevant and an estimate is made of the time needed to process them. An archivist will then review just those records that might be relevant, not considering a series in it's entirety, but jus