Please mark your calendars for the next BRIDG meeting scheduled for Wednesday, February 16, 2011. The meeting will be at the National Archives and Records Administration downtown building, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW in the Jefferson Conference Room. Please enter on the Constitution Avenue side of the building. The meeting will begin at 11:00 a.m. and … Continue reading Next BRIDG Meeting on February 16
Do You Like the Spotlight?
Today's post comes to us from Laurence Brewer, Director of the Life Cycle Management Division in the Modern Records Program. If you do, RACO 2011 is your chance to talk to a captive audience about your agency's records and information management successes! This year's RACO Conference will be held in May in Washington, D.C. and will feature … Continue reading Do You Like the Spotlight?
Thrive on innovation? The Archivist Achievement Awards Wants You
If you're searching for the perfect forum to showcase your agency's most innovative records management initiatives or projects from the past year, look no further. We have the perfect forum: The Archivist Achievement Awards at RACO 2011! The Archivist Achievement Awards remains one of the most highly-anticipated segments at our annual RACO conference. At last year's … Continue reading Thrive on innovation? The Archivist Achievement Awards Wants You
Retirement of Dr. Michael Kurtz
A week ago today, Dr. Michael Kurtz, the Assistant Archivist for Records Services – Washington, DC (NW), announced his retirement effective March 3, 2011. His retirement comes after 37 years of dedicated Public Service, all of it at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). As you might imagine, all of us at NARA will … Continue reading Retirement of Dr. Michael Kurtz
Do you know about ISO TC46/SC11?
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?
2010 Census Records Scheduling Update
Given public interest in the records accumulated during Census 2010, we are making the 2010 Census Records Schedule and the accompanying NARA appraisal of the records available for review and comment. An earlier discussion about the issues surrounding the appraisal process and the 2010 Census records appeared on this blog in May. The schedule lists … Continue reading 2010 Census Records Scheduling Update
New FAQ on the site today!
For many, many, many years we have been answering calls and e-mails from you, the records schedulers, about when a change to an existing schedule can be done without submitting a new SF 115, and when a revised one is needed. For the most part, we've been able to answer your questions clearly, but there … Continue reading New FAQ on the site today!
Toolkit Spotlight – New York Preliminary Guidance on Social Media
This month, our Toolkit for Managing Electronic Records spotlight returns to illustrate how the Toolkit incorporates materials from anywhere. While we released our Web 2.0 Bulletin to heads of Federal agencies in October, (see: Guidance on Managing Records in Web 2.0/Social Media Platforms) other archival and records management programs have been working on similar guidance. … Continue reading Toolkit Spotlight – New York Preliminary Guidance on Social Media
BRIDG Meeting on December 6
Today's post comes to us from Laurence Brewer, Director of the Life Cycle Management Division in the Modern Records Program. In case you missed the RM Communications e-mail, there will be a Bimonthly Records and Discussion Group (BRIDG) meeting on December 6 at 10:00 in the McGowan Theater at the National Archives building in Washington. … Continue reading BRIDG Meeting on December 6
New IBM Center for Technology in Government Report
The IBM Center for Technology in the Business of Government recently released a report entitled How Federal Agencies Can Effectively Manage Records Created Using New Social Media Tools. This report identifies challenges for records management that arise from the increasing use of social media and web 2.0 by Federal agencies and offers several recommendations and … Continue reading New IBM Center for Technology in Government Report