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

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

Webinar Next Week!

On Wednesday, January 16, 2013, NARA will be hosting a free hour long presentation and discussion about the Presidential Records Management Directive. Preston Huff, Head of the Project Management Office (PMO) in the Office of the Chief Records Officer, will provide a high level overview of the goals set forth in the Managing Government Records … Continue reading Webinar Next Week!

Webinar This Wednesday!

This Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 3:30 pm EDT we will be hosting a free, hour-long encore presentation and discussion about the recently issued Request for Disposition Authority Quality Control Checklist. There are a limited number of seats available for this presentation. Recall that back in October, we wrote about the "backlog schedule" project. During … Continue reading Webinar This Wednesday!

Records Management Training for FY 2012

NARA's Agency Services Announces the National Records Management Training Schedule for FY 2012. Our National Records Management Training Program is pleased to offer a full range of comprehensive records management training courses geared towards the Federal community. The fact is that everyone who works for the Federal government is potentially creating records everyday. These records, … Continue reading Records Management Training for FY 2012

Training Available: Records Management for Legal Counsel

Here's an upcoming training opportunity that you might have overlooked. On Wednesday, June 22 we will be offering The Case for Records Management: Issues for Federal Agency Counsel. This free, half-day briefing by National Archives and Records Administration legal and records management staffs will discuss issues related to discovery, records retention and legal holds, and … Continue reading Training Available: Records Management for Legal Counsel

More Free Training

Today's post comes to us from Laurence Brewer, Director of the Life Cycle Management Division in the Modern Records Program. We are pleased to announce that NARA will offer a free half-day workshop on media neutral records scheduling on October 19 and 20, and November 2, 3, and 4 from 9:30 to 12:00 at the … Continue reading More Free Training

News from the Field: Spotlight on TSA’s RM Field Training Initiative

Today's post comes to us from Matthew Eidson, Supervisory Archives Specialist in the National Archives Permanent Records Capture Section. I learned recently while reading the 2009 RM Self-assessment that not only is RM Training is an essential ingredient to an effective agency records management program, but that it was rooted in the CFR.  The requirement … Continue reading News from the Field: Spotlight on TSA’s RM Field Training Initiative