FILE 024 // PUBLIC RECORD
Assassination Records Review Board
The independent board created to identify, review and release assassination-related government records.
DOCUMENTATION CONFIDENCE
ModerateOfficial records document the subject, but the available material contains unresolved questions, contested interpretations, incomplete data, or a limited number of primary sources.
CASE OVERVIEW
Assassination Records Review Board: What the public record documents
Established after passage of the JFK Records Act, the board worked across federal agencies to locate and release records that had remained classified or difficult to access.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The public record identifies Assassination Records Review Board as a presidential files matter associated with Independent Federal Agency during 1994–1998. The independent board created to identify, review and release assassination-related government records.
Established after passage of the JFK Records Act, the board worked across federal agencies to locate and release records that had remained classified or difficult to access.
The board did not reinvestigate the assassination or determine responsibility. Its mission was archival: identify relevant records, reduce secrecy and transfer material into a single public collection at the National Archives.
The linked source set contains 1 official or primary archival record. Together, these materials establish the responsible organizations, the relevant time period, the reported location, and the official findings or historical conclusions summarized in this file.
Where the underlying records contain allegations, witness statements, preliminary leads, or unresolved observations, this archive identifies them as claims or unresolved material rather than established fact. The appearance of a statement in a government file does not by itself prove that the statement is accurate.
KEY FINDINGS
Documented time period: 1994–1998.
Primary organizations or record holders: Independent Federal Agency.
Principal location: Washington, D.C..
Archive topic: Presidential Files.
Major public release or publication year: 1998.
DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
National Archives — ARRB Final Report
Official archival or primary-source recordEstablishes archival provenance, release history, and the official record collection available to the public.
OPEN DOCUMENT ↗SOURCE DOCUMENTS
National Archives — ARRB Final ReportOfficial or primary archival source used to document this file.OPEN SOURCE ↗