Webinar on FAQ about Non-Compliant Permanent Digitized Records

In May 2023, NARA issued regulations with digitization standards for permanent paper and photographic print records.  These digitization standards provide detailed information on how to create digitized permanent records that can be preserved as part of the U.S. National Archives.  While NARA issued the standards in 2023, agencies have been digitizing permanent records for decades … Continue reading Webinar on FAQ about Non-Compliant Permanent Digitized Records

Key Takeaways from the NARA Digitizing Permanent Records Webinar

On June 7, 2023, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) conducted a webinar on digitizing permanent records to comply with the requirements in 36 CFR 1236 Subpart E, providing valuable insights into best practices and guidelines. In this blog post, we summarize the key takeaways from the webinar. Preparing for Digitization Agencies must first … Continue reading Key Takeaways from the NARA Digitizing Permanent Records Webinar

Webinar on Digitizing Permanent Records

Last week, we held a webinar for over 800 attendees on our newly issued regulations on the digitization of permanent records. These regulations, at 36 C.F.R 1236 Subpart E contain the requirements for agencies to digitize their permanent records. The transcript of the webinar has been posted on our website and you can find the … Continue reading Webinar on Digitizing Permanent Records

Expanding Capstone Webinar

Our office held a webinar for federal agencies on January 24, 2023. Topics presented in this webinar included: a discussion of NARA Bulletin 2023-02, Expanding the Use of a Role-Based Approach (Capstone) for Electronic Messages; the expanded GRS 6.1, Email and Other Electronic Messages Managed under a Capstone Approach; and the resubmission requirements for the … Continue reading Expanding Capstone Webinar

Webinar on May 30

Last month, the Archivist wrote on his blog about the changes we have implemented to our public comment process for pending records schedules. These changes have streamlined the public comment process by eliminating the need to request copies of proposed schedules based only on a short notice in the Federal Register. On Thursday, May 30, … Continue reading Webinar on May 30

Weather Contingency for February 13 Capstone Webinar

As you are probably aware, the Washington, D.C. area is expecting a significant winter storm event Wednesday the 12th into Thursday the 13th. While we hope we are able to move forward with the Capstone technical webinar scheduled for Thursday  as part of the Electronic Records Management Automation agency presentation series, we will follow these … Continue reading Weather Contingency for February 13 Capstone Webinar

Transfer Guidance Webinar

Next week, we will host a webinar about NARA transfer guidance and the effort underway to revise this guidance. This session is an encore of the session offered on February 13 and will be held on Thursday, February 28 at 11:00 AM Eastern. As the nation’s records manager, The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) … Continue reading Transfer Guidance Webinar

Webinar Next Week!

On Wednesday, January 16, 2013, NARA will be hosting a free hour long presentation and discussion about the Presidential Records Management Directive. Preston Huff, Head of the Project Management Office (PMO) in the Office of the Chief Records Officer, will provide a high level overview of the goals set forth in the Managing Government Records … Continue reading Webinar Next Week!

Webinar This Wednesday!

This Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 3:30 pm EDT we will be hosting a free, hour-long encore presentation and discussion about the recently issued Request for Disposition Authority Quality Control Checklist. There are a limited number of seats available for this presentation. Recall that back in October, we wrote about the “backlog schedule” project. During … Continue reading Webinar This Wednesday!

Release of Regulations for Digitizing Permanent Records

Today, we published new federal regulations with standards for digitizing permanent federal records. The regulations are in 36 CFR 1236, Subpart E. These regulations will go into effect on June 5, 2023. The regulations establish standards for digitizing permanent paper records and photographic prints. They do not contain standards for digitizing film records at this time.  … Continue reading Release of Regulations for Digitizing Permanent Records