We are requesting comments on a draft of an upcoming NARA Bulletin on Managing Social Media Records. This draft Bulletin will supersede NARA Bulletin 2011-02: Guidance on Managing Records in Web 2.0/Social Media Platforms and provides high-level requirements and best practices for capturing records created when agencies use social media. This use may result in … Continue reading Opportunity for Comment: NARA Bulletin on Managing Social Media Records
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Additional Series of KA Classes Added to Calendar
Our National Records Management Training Program has opened an additional series of records management Knowledge Area classes in College Park, MD in July. By popular demand, and in support of the training requirements in the Managing Government Records Directive, we are offering this new series of certificate classes at our College Park facility, especially for … Continue reading Additional Series of KA Classes Added to Calendar
FY 2013 Backlog Schedule Project
Beginning on April 1, our Appraisal Teams will begin this fiscal year's backlog records schedule reduction project. Backlog schedules are defined as those that are at least two years old and as of October 1, 2012, have an FY 2010 or older registration date. Based on lessons learned last year, this year the Appraisal Teams … Continue reading FY 2013 Backlog Schedule Project
Online Briefings now on YouTube
One of the most frequent comments we receive when we mention our online briefings, such as the one held a couple of weeks ago on the forthcoming revisions to our transfer guidance, is can I access the material later? Today, we are pleased to announce that we have launched a page on YouTube where we … Continue reading Online Briefings now on YouTube
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
Research Services Washington DC Accessioning Web Page
We are happy to announce a new on-line presence for the Washington DC area accessioning staff: http://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/accessioning/. The accessioning staff has created this robust and informative resource as a hub for information about transferring permanent Federal records to NARA. Staff consulted other NARA units including the National Declassification Center, FOIA and Special Access, research room … Continue reading Research Services Washington DC Accessioning Web Page
PIDB Report Released!
Today, the Public Interest Declassification Board released online its recommendations to the President on Transforming the Security Classification System. The full Report can be found at http://www.archives.gov/declassification/pidb/recommendations/transforming-classification.html. The report centers on the need for new policies for classifying information, new processes for declassifying information, and the imperative for using and integrating technology into these processes. … Continue reading PIDB Report Released!
Update on Backlog Schedules
This message was also distributed as AC 04.2013. From May 7 - July 6, 2012, the Appraisal Teams within Records Management Services (ACNR) conducted a 60-day initiative to complete processing of agency-submitted records schedules in the appraisal backlog. Backlog schedules are defined as those that are at least two years old, and as of October … Continue reading Update on Backlog Schedules
Review of RACO 2012
Our 24th annual Records Administration Conference, or RACO, held last week was a great success! The McGowan Theater was filled to near capacity and the live stream was viewed by well over one hundred users. Slides used during the presentations have been uploaded to our main RACO page. Congratulations again to our Archivist Achievement Award … Continue reading Review of RACO 2012
Dates for FY13 BRIDG Meetings
Please mark your calendars for the FY13 BRIDG meetings. The meetings will be held at the National Archives and Records Administration 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW in the McGowan Theater. Scheduled Dates for BRIDG in FY13 are: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 Thursday, December 6, 2012 Wednesday, February 13, 2013 Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Wednesday, June 19, 2013 Wednesday, … Continue reading Dates for FY13 BRIDG Meetings