The NARA draft strategic plan has been updated and submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for their review. We want to offer our sincere thank you to all who provided us with comments and questions. We made a number of changes to this version. The most obvious change is that we added … Continue reading Update: NARA’s Draft Strategic Plan, 2018-2022
Advances in computing have made moving files between different platforms much easier than just a few years ago. The adoption of the UNICODE standard for character encoding and cross compatibility between operating systems has made problems opening a file received as an attachment to an email, downloaded from a web site, or accessed on a … Continue reading Best Practices for File Naming
We frequently receive questions from agencies about what to do when they have records in formats not listed in our revised Transfer Guidance NARA Bulletin 2014-04. The revised guidance greatly expanded the number of formats acceptable for use when transferring permanent records to the National Archives, but there may still be situations where records are … Continue reading Selecting Appropriate Formats for Transfer
“[T]echnology is not within national boundaries but on a global scale” — Dr. Patrick Gallagher, 14th Director of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) This week, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is celebrating World Standards Week (October 24-28). ANSI bridges the gap between standards developers and governmental agencies … Continue reading Happy World Standards Week!
In response to agency requests, we will host a second offering of The Case for Records Management: Issues for Federal Agency Counsel at Archives I in Washington, DC on Monday, May 11, 2015. Why attend? Legal professionals know when business-critical information is missing or inaccessible, an agency risks fines, damage to its reputation, failure to perform … Continue reading Case for Records Management Course Offering
We will offer The Case for Records Management: Issues for Federal Agency Counsel in College Park, MD on October 21, 2014. Why attend? Legal professionals know when business-critical information is missing or inaccessible, an agency risks damage to its reputation, failure to perform its mission, and expensive litigation. This half-day briefing by National Archives and Records … Continue reading Issues for Federal Agency Counsel Course Offering
As you may know, NARA is a regular contributor in the development of records management standards. One of the standards groups that NARA actively participates with is the International Standards Organization (ISO) and specifically TC46/SC11 (archives and records management). TC46/SC11 is an ISO subcommittee comprised of representatives from over 20 member nations, which voluntarily develop … Continue reading Do you know about ISO TC46/SC11?
This week News from the Field welcomes guest blogger, Mark Ferguson, CRM/CBCP who is the Director of the Records Management Division, Rocky Mountain Region in Denver, CO. NARA has been using a Records Management Application (RMA) product in selected offices for several years now, including the Rocky Mountain Region in Denver, Colorado. The Regional Archives, … Continue reading News from the Field: “Practicing what we preach” Compliant electronic recordkeeping in the NARA Rocky Mountain Region
