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    • Organization Descriptions from the National Archives Catalog

    Metadata Updated: November 7, 2024

    The Organization Authority Files data set contains a highly detailed presentation of the evolution of names and administrative histories of Federal and non-Federal organizations. It is used by the National Archives and Records Administration as a source of access points for indexing archival descriptions and/or other authority records with consistent headings.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    References

    https://www.archives.gov/open/dataset-org.html

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 7, 2024
    Data Update Frequency R/P1Y

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NARA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 7, 2024
    Publisher National Archives and Records Administration
    Maintainer
    Identifier NARA-NAC-OD
    Data First Published 2002-09-16
    Data Last Modified 2016-02-14
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency R/P1Y
    Bureau Code 393:00
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Dictionary https://www.archives.gov/research/arc/lifecycle-data-requirements.doc
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    Harvest Source Id 89e2516b-042a-49e5-a7ff-601050456810
    Harvest Source Title NARA Data.json
    Old Spatial Global
    Program Code 000:000
    Related Documents https://www.archives.gov/open/dataset-org.html
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 3bad5c38050a6593ca64545a4bb6c9c9f40e13a73ecf36b6d2b71d17c6117e13
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial

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