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FILE - This Jan. 23, 2020, file photo shows the National Archives in the Sand Point neighborhood of Seattle that has about a million boxes of generally unique, original source documents and public records. In an announcement made Thursday, April 8, 2021, the Biden administration has halted the sale of the federal archives building in Seattle, following months of opposition from people across the Pacific Northwest and a lawsuit by the Washington Attorney General's Office. Among the records at the center are tribal, military, land, court, tax and census documents. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times via AP, File)

National Archives prepares to ramp up work in new federal records system

The new system, nearly a decade in the making, is crucial to agencies managing an ever-growing store of digital records.

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Federal records chief says ‘culture of paper’ persists at agencies

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White House extends e-records deadline to June 2024

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White House, NARA consider next steps as electronic records deadline looms

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VA launches strategic review, considers schedule changes amid concerns with new EHR

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NARA seeks workforce reskilling, AI tools in weaning agencies off paper records

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Paper records phase-out looks to ‘accelerate digital transformation’

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Data hoarding & records management

John Cofrancesco, vice president, Business Development at Active Navigation, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss records…

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In this photo taken Monday, July 18, 2016, boxes of California inmate medical records are stored at a facility in Sacramento, Calif. A massive project to computerize the prison system's antiquated paper-based medical record-keeping for the nearly 130,000 inmates has doubled in cost from the original estimates to nearly $400 million. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

NARA: Move to digital records ‘does not get cheaper,’ but easier to manage

While the Trump administration expects agencies will spend less on records management in the long-term, NARA says agencies might save on time, but probably…

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NARA: Most agencies on-track to transition from paper to digital records

The vast majority of agencies claim they’re on track to meet a key deadline in the path towards making the government less dependent on paper records, according to a new report from the National Archives and Records Administration.

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