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
GRS Team Update: Third Quarter FY 13
This is an update from our GRS Team. In October 2012, we released The New GRS: A Plan for Restructuring and Updating the General Records Schedules. This master-plan document [.pdf ] outlines an ambitious 5-year plan for rewriting the entire GRS to reflect the contemporary Federal workplace. On May 2, 2013, we released for agency review six … Continue reading GRS Team Update: Third Quarter FY 13
Opportunity for Comment: Capstone Email Bulletin
We are requesting comments on a draft of an upcoming NARA Bulletin that creates a new approach to managing email. NARA bulletins are designed to provide fundamental guidance to Federal agencies who must then determine the most appropriate ways to incorporate the guidance into their work. This draft Bulletin (available here as .pdf) will provide … Continue reading Opportunity for Comment: Capstone Email Bulletin
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
Reporting Requirements for Agencies
This morning, we issued RM Communications AC23.2013. This communication provides information to Federal agencies regarding the reporting requirements that we are implementing to support the goals and actions of the Managing Government Records Directive. Senior Agency Officials (SAO) at agencies are being instructed to compile their Annual SAO Report to the Chief Records Officer for the … Continue reading Reporting Requirements for Agencies
Draft GRS Available for Review
The GRS Team is pleased to announce the release of six new draft General Records Schedules for agency review. The schedules were released via RM Communication AC 22.2013: Agency Review of New Draft General Records Schedules on May 2. The team will be collecting comments from agencies through May 31. Comments can be sent to … Continue reading Draft GRS Available for Review
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
Cancellation of RACO 2013
The following numbered AC Memo (AC 17.2013) was issued this morning I am writing to inform you that as a consequence of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Memorandum M-13-05, Agency Responsibilities for Implementation of Potential Joint Committee Sequestration, and the National Archives and Records Administration's (NARA) implementing guidance of this directive, we have … Continue reading Cancellation of RACO 2013
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
Online Briefing: Preparing for the Self-Assessment
Free Online Briefing: A How-To Guide for Completing NARA's Records Management Self Assessment Join us on Wednesday, March 6 from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern time for a free online briefing. Stephanie Fawcett from NARA's Records Management Oversight team will give us an overview of NARA's Records Management Self Assessment and give us tips for … Continue reading Online Briefing: Preparing for the Self-Assessment