[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR850.301]

[Page 399]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 850_RETIREMENT SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart C_Records
 
Sec.  850.301  Electronic records; other acceptable records.


    (a) Acceptable electronic records for processing by the electronic 
retirement and insurance processing system include--
    (1) Electronic employee data submitted by an agency or other entity 
through EHRI and stored within the new retirement and insurance 
processing system;
    (2) Electronic Official Personnel Folder (e-OPF) data; and
    (3) Documents, including hardcopy versions of the Individual 
Retirement Record (SF 2806 or SF 3100), or data obtained from such 
documents, that are converted to an electronic or digital form by means 
of image scanning or other forms of electronic or digital conversion.
    (b) Documents that are not converted to an electronic or digital 
form will continue to be acceptable records for processing by the 
retirement and insurance processing system.
    (c) OPM is required to retain documents after they have been 
converted to electronic records in accordance with title 44, United 
States Code.