Prominent or controversial issues and events or judicial proceedings may have implications for the management of records held by agencies.
In such cases, the National Archives may support compliance requirements or an identified need to suspend the National Archives' records destruction permissions by issuing a records disposal freeze or retention notice. Generally, these state that agencies must not destroy any relevant records.
All current disposal freezes and retention notices do not prohibit the use of General Records Authority 31 (GRA 31), as long as the conditions and exclusions of GRA 31 are abided by.