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 in full to the public between 1993 and 1998. A small part of the records, however, continue to have text redacted even today. There is much confusion and misinformation on this subject.

• For blog notes on the big releases in 2017-2018, see here. For blog notes on releases in 2021, 2022, and 2023, see the links on the right to relevant blog categories.

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

• NARA has also released numerous documents under FOIA on how ARC releases were carried out, especially for the 2017-2018 releases. See here for links to the documents and to some related articles.

The most recent release of redacted text and information from the collection was on 24 August 2023. There are fewer than 3000 records left in the collection with redacted material. Most of these redactions are very limited. About 60 records still have whole pages redacted.