Laurence Brewer

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NARA targets collaboration platforms, social media for improved records management

Laurence Brewer, the chief records officer for the National Archives and Records Administration, said a new bulletin and a new report demonstrates ongoing…

Big Data

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

Open Data/Transparency

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

IT Modernization

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NARA looks to extend e-records deadline by 18 months

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

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

Technology

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NARA gauging agencies’ confidence to meet 2022 e-records deadline after COVID-19 delays

IT Modernization

NARA’s three-legged stool to transform records management

Federal Insights

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

Technology

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

Management

ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, SEPT. 16, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-In this Tuesday, May 30, 2017 photo, old archives of birth registrations recorded only by hand in books, prior to the introduction of a national computerized register where administrators can enter births over the internet, are stored on shelves at the St. Joseph's Hospital in Kitovu, Uganda. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

NARA’s draft strategic plan looks to leave paper records management in digital dust

Management

GSA brings in new deputy CIO; Air Force, VA promote from within

Steve Grewal joined the General Services Administration as its new deputy chief information officer after spending the last four years at the Education…

Reporter's Notebook

Most agencies say they’ll meet year-end records management deadline

Roughly 90 percent of agencies said they will meet the governmentwide deadline to manage all permanent and temporary email electronically by Dec. 31, 2016….

Agency Oversight

eRecords at risk: NARA report

Federal Drive

NARA finds the Federal Government does not consistently manage its records and information – particularly its electronic records – well enough to meet business needs, protect rights or assure accountability, and ensure the continued preservation and access of permanently valuable records. Laurence Brewer is the Director of the Life Cycle Management Division at NARA explains