The John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection (ARC) was established by the United States Congress in 1992 to collect and preserve government and private records on the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

• For more on the history of the JFK ARC, read here.

The collection is held by the National Archives and Record Administration (NARA) and includes the files of the government investigations of the assassination and most of the physical evidence in the case. NARA currently estimates that the Collection includes over 300,000 records, with approximately 5 million pages.

• For more on the contents of the JFK ARC, read here.

Most of the records in the ARC were released to the public in full between 1993 and 1998. After October 26, 2017, the final release date set by the JFK Act, text still held back (redacted) was released in a long series of tranches, from 2017 to 2025.

The most recent release of redacted text and information from the collection was in March 2025. This completed the release of all non-tax and court related documents, with the exception of a few dozen records that are still only available in redacted form.

• For blog notes on ARC releases over the years, see the various categories in the website’s sidebar.

Income tax returns in the collection are still withheld under the U.S. Tax Code. A handful of court sealed documents are also withheld. Portions of a number of records are also held back (redacted), due to the tax information, or court records they contain. There is much confusion and misinformation on what is still held back.

• For a general introduction to withholding and redactions in the JFKARC, read here.

NARA has also released a number of its own internal documents discussing how ARC releases were carried out, especially for the 2017-2018 releases.

• See here for links to the documents and to some related articles.