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NARA sees requests to transfer nearly 1M cubic feet of records ahead of deadline

NARA has approved limited exceptions to the electronic records deadline, but many agencies have shifted away from paper-based processes.

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How CBP got its records management program off NARA’s high risk list

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National Archives clears pandemic-era backlog for vet records, seeks to digitize decades of paper

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Federal records officers see need for automation, collaboration across agencies

The Federal Records Officers Network is a self-organized community that looks to lead on federal records issues, like digitization.

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What does the Veterans Affairs Department do when disaster strikes one of its record-storage facilities?

In July 1973, a fire damaged or destroyed up to 18 million Army and Air Force official military personnel files at the National Archives and Records Administration’s…

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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 challenges to collecting records from emerging technologies.

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