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National Archives Reference Services Historical Research

Program Information

Popular name

N/A

Program Number

89.001

Program objective

Objectives: To provide professional reference service to members of the general public and employees of the Federal government who are conducting research in Federal records or in historical materials in Presidential Libraries; provide advice and information to the public through conferences, workshops and other outreach activities on the availability and use of Federal records and publications in NARA's custody.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    In FY 2016, the National Archives is projected to provide 1,087,837 total reference responses. In FY 2016, the National Archives provided 1,293,241 total reference responses.

  2. 2017

    In FY 2017, the National Archives is projected to provide 1,235,056 total reference responses.

  3. 2018

    In FY 2018, the National Archives is projected to provide 1,187,144 total reference responses.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

36 CFR Chapter XII, Subchapter C. Over 200 printed publications are available as listed in General Information Leaflet No. 3, "Select List of Publications of the National Archives and Records Administration," available without charge from the Publication Services (NEPS), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC 20408.

Program details

Program types

Eligible applicants

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Anyone/general public

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