State paper
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A State Paper is a document or file kept by a government to record discussions, options and decisions by government officials, departments and civil servants. Some states follow a thirty year rule
whereby state papers on an issue may be released to academic scrutiny thirty years after an original discussion or decision.
State papers are often kept in a country's National Archives, State Paper Office or Public Record Office
. All files are numbered using an alphanumeric code which academics may use as a reference in footnotes of books.
Some state papers are embargo
ed for reasons of national security or other sensitive reasons.
Thirty year rule
The "thirty year rule" is the popular name given to a law in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, and Australia that provides that the yearly cabinet papers of a government will be released publicly thirty years after they were created....
whereby state papers on an issue may be released to academic scrutiny thirty years after an original discussion or decision.
State papers are often kept in a country's National Archives, State Paper Office or Public Record Office
Public Record Office
The Public Record Office of the United Kingdom is one of the three organisations that make up the National Archives...
. All files are numbered using an alphanumeric code which academics may use as a reference in footnotes of books.
Some state papers are embargo
Embargo
An embargo is the partial or complete prohibition of commerce and trade with a particular country, in order to isolate it. Embargoes are considered strong diplomatic measures imposed in an effort, by the imposing country, to elicit a given national-interest result from the country on which it is...
ed for reasons of national security or other sensitive reasons.
See also
- British Public Record OfficePublic Record OfficeThe Public Record Office of the United Kingdom is one of the three organisations that make up the National Archives...
- French Archives nationales
- National Archives of IrelandNational Archives of IrelandThe National Archives of Ireland is the official repository for the state records of the Republic of Ireland. Established by the National Archives Act 1986, it came into existence in 1988, taking over the functions of the State Paper Office and the Public Record Office of Ireland. The National...
- United States National Archives and Records AdministrationNational Archives and Records AdministrationThe National Archives and Records Administration is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records and with increasing public access to those documents, which comprise the National Archives...
- Vatican Secret ArchivesVatican Secret ArchivesThe Vatican Secret Archives , located in Vatican City, is the central repository for all of the acts promulgated by the Holy See. The Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, having primal incumbency until death, owns the archives until the next appointed Papal successor...