Many of the records remaining in paper format are not of enduring value and no longer come into NAA custody. However the NAA continues to have custody of numerous case files, at least for the lifetime of the subject and, in many cases, indefinitely. Case files still form a substantial minority of NAA holdings, particularly in the areas of Defence Force and Commonwealth Public Service personnel, veterans affairs and migration. These projects analyse NAA holdings of records relating to specific functions. A substantial proportion of these records are being withdrawn from NAA custody by the relevant controlling agency for sentencing, after which the agency may propose any records identified as being of enduring value for retransfer to the Archives.
Some records are clearly of enduring value and are being reclassified as such.
Older records which are likely to include valuable material, or which raise specific review problems, are being examined on NAA premises by a combination of NAA and agency staff.