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FOIA officials confront pandemic challenges in meeting records requests

The rush to mandatory telework in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic laid bare the state of agencies’ investment — or lack thereof — in…

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NARA pitching in extra PPE to coronavirus effort

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Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment due to COVID-19 concerns pause for rest before loading bodies into a refrigerated container truck functioning as a makeshift morgue, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at Brooklyn Hospital Center in Brooklyn borough of New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Hospitals get extra equipment from an unlikely agency

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The Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol are seen in Washington, at sunrise Wednesday, March 18, 2020. The White House has sent Congress an emergency $46 billion spending request for coronavirus-related funding this year. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Here’s what federal agencies say they need to fight the coronavirus

Federal agencies have requested an additional $45.8 billion in funding for 2020 alone, which the White House said is necessary for its governmentwide response…

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Blue water Navy veterans can thank NARA for their new benefits

When Congress decreed that certain Vietnam War Navy veterans could get help for exposure to Agent Orange, the Department of Veterans Affairs had a challenge.

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A woman uses hand sanitizer after voting in the presidential primary election at the the Summit View Church of the Nazarene Tuesday, March 10, 2020, in Kansas City, Mo. The polling place served two precincts as voters who were scheduled to vote at a nearby senior living facility were directed to vote at the church after the facility backed out due to coronavirus concerns. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Agencies should expand telework for employees at ‘higher risk’ for coronavirus, OMB says

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The latest guidance from the Trump administration comes as the Smithsonian Institution and the National Archives and Records Administration close museums, research rooms and presidential libraries due to coronavirus concerns. NARA public events are also canceled through May 3.

FOIA officials confront pandemic challenges in meeting records requests

House Majority Leader prepares lawmakers for continuing resolution

Congressional regulators voice concerns about Postal Service delivery standards

Teleworking NARA employees stay busy making Black history records accessible

NARA gets ahead of legacy digital records with preservation framework

Modern process to declassify records would add flexibility to federal workforce

Pentagon IG examining how infectious diseases spread on ships

Veterans Affairs lays out reopening plan for facilities

Trump organization asks for rent reduction and Congress has questions

NARA pitching in extra PPE to coronavirus effort

Hospitals get extra equipment from an unlikely agency

Here’s what federal agencies say they need to fight the coronavirus

Blue water Navy veterans can thank NARA for their new benefits

Agencies should expand telework for employees at ‘higher risk’ for coronavirus, OMB says

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