CFR > Title 5 - Administrative Personnel > CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT > SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS (parts 110 to 990) > PART 850—RETIREMENT SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION > SUBPART C—Records (§850.301 to §850.303) > 850.301—Electronic records; other acceptable records.

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.