digital records

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NARA projects eliminating veterans records backlog by December

The National Archives has a plan to eliminate the pandemic-era backlog and avoid similar situations in the future.

Agency Oversight

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White House extends e-records deadline to June 2024

Technology

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NARA looks to extend e-records deadline by 18 months

Management

Veteran records bill advances in Senate, but panel deadlocks on NARA nominee

Management

Traffic streaks past the U. S. National Archive headquarters building early in the morning, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. President Donald Trump announced last week he intendeds to allow the National Archive to release additional classified documents on the assassination of President John F. Kenney. (AP Photos/J. David Ake)

NARA looks to double down on email records approach with texts, other messages

Open Data/Transparency

Gary Somerset

Government Publishing Office resets with a new five-year strategy

Technology

Congress investigating whether companies are profiting off veterans disability claims backlog

Veterans Affairs

IRS looks to automate how it processes paper tax returns to tackle its backlog

IT Modernization

President Joe Biden speaks about status of the country's fight against COVID-19 in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden admin. hopes to make government services more inclusive for transgender people

Federal Newscast

Chairman Sen. Gary Peters., D-Mich., speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs & Senate Rules and Administration joint hearing on Capitol Hill, Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, to examine the January 6th attack on the Capitol. (Erin Scott/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Senators want to eliminate any conflicts of interest with government contractors

Federal Newscast

Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress in the Thomas Jefferson Building

Don’t throw out your 8 mm movies, the Library of Congress may want them

Technology

Library of Congress expanded online content in response to the pandemic

The Library of Congress is busy building an online collection of open access e-books, which accelerated when the pandemic hit.

Open Data/Transparency

FILE - In this May 7, 2020, file photo, the entrance to the Labor Department is seen near the Capitol in Washington. Unemployment fraud in the U.S. has reached dramatic levels during the pandemic: more than $63 billion has been paid out improperly through fraud or errors since March 2020. Criminals are seizing on the opportunity created by the pandemic and are making false claims using stolen information. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Agencies embracing cloud for records digitization, virtual reality during and after pandemic

Since last year, the Labor Department has adjusted its approach to collaboration while the Air Force is using more virtual and augmented reality.

Cloud Computing

Library of Congress seeks public’s help in releasing WWII-era Law Library documents

Open Data/Transparency

For what it’s all about, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to the the director of the Law Library editorial and publishing office, Luis Acosta, and law library senior legal information specialist, Stephen Mayeaux.