Launching IdeaScale for Presidential Memorandum

We are happy to announce the start of our public information gathering related to the Presidential Memorandum on Managing Government Records. We will be using the IdeaScale tool for this. Records and information management professionals, vendors, and the general public are all invited to participate in this community. We have set up the Managing Government … Continue reading Launching IdeaScale for Presidential Memorandum

Changes to Teams That Serve Our Customers

The following memo to our agency contacts was sent out this morning. NARA's Office of the Chief Records Officer (OCRO) and Federal Records Centers Program (FRCP) are making some changes to the teams that work most closely with agency staff on records management issues-the Appraisal Archivists and the FRCP Account Managers. We are making these … Continue reading Changes to Teams That Serve Our Customers

Agency Stakeholder Sessions about the Presidential Memorandum

At our December Agency Services Bi-monthly Records and Information Discussion Group (BRIDG) meetings, we announced that we would hold an agency stakeholder session as required by the Presidential Memorandum - Managing Government Records. Now we have more information about those sessions. This same information is being sent to our records management contacts in agencies as … Continue reading Agency Stakeholder Sessions about the Presidential Memorandum

Update on Presidential Memorandum

Happy New Year! This year is shaping up to be a very busy one here in the Office of Chief Records Officer. Today, we will be sending to our Federal agency contacts AC 05.2012. In this memo, we are reminding Federal agencies of the reporting requirements that were contained in the Presidential Memorandum - Managing … Continue reading Update on Presidential Memorandum

FAQ About Presidential Memorandum

There has been considerable interest from agencies and other stakeholders about the requirements of the Presidential Memorandum. As we wrote yesterday, the Archivist has issued a Memo to Agency Heads that clarifies the requirements and describes more broadly how we will proceed with the development of the Records Management Directive that is required by the … Continue reading FAQ About Presidential Memorandum

Memo From NARA About the Presidential Memorandum

We have just issued AC 03.2012, a Memo to Federal Records Officers that contains further information about the Presidential Directive released last week. Included is a Memo from the Archivist of The United States (available here as a .pdf) designed to assist agencies in fulfilling the reporting requirements of the directive. This memorandum provides more … Continue reading Memo From NARA About the Presidential Memorandum

Presidential Memorandum on Records Management

This morning, President Barack Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum on Managing Government Records. This memorandum marks the start of an executive branch-wide effort to reform records management policies and practices. A statement by Archivist David Ferriero has also been posted on our website. The memorandum requires each agency to report the name of a senior agency … Continue reading Presidential Memorandum on Records Management

Patent and Trademark Office Schedule Project Completed

Earlier this week, the records management staff from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) met with the Archivist of the United States to celebrate the completion of an 8 year scheduling project that completely revised and updated the records schedule for their agency. This milestone was marked with a brief ceremony where the Archivist … Continue reading Patent and Trademark Office Schedule Project Completed

Welcome ARMA 2011

As many of you are probably aware, the annual meeting of ARMA International takes place this year October 17-19 at the Gaylord National Hotel and Conference Center. We wanted to make everyone aware of our presence at this meeting and of the sessions and events that are of particular interest to Federal employees. There is … Continue reading Welcome ARMA 2011

New Directors Within the Office of the CRO Named

It has been just one week since Laurence Brewer and Don Rosen were named to be the Director of the National Records Management Program and the Director of Policy Analysis and Enforcement, respectively, in the newly organized Office of the Chief Records Officer. There is much to talk about and even more to do!  But … Continue reading New Directors Within the Office of the CRO Named