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Not too many people nominated during the Obama administration are still around. But the next guest recently marked seven years in a crucial, but largely hidden job.
The National Archives doesn’t hang on to every document the government generates – only the 5% or so that are deemed to have “continuing value”. But that’s still billions of pages of text, plus all kinds of other media, from maps to electronic records. There’s a new official in charge of figuring out how to preserve and present those records to the public.
In today's Federal Newscast: The National Archives has issued a new guidance to ensure agencies properly manage federal records created on so-called collaboration platforms. The VA expands its burial benefits to families transporting veterans remains to state or tribal veterans' cemeteries. And the Interior Department will no longer buy or sell single-use plastic products.
The new system, nearly a decade in the making, is crucial to agencies managing an ever-growing store of digital records.
In today's Federal Newscast: Military service members will soon get reimbursed for moving expenses for their pets. A bill advancing in Congress could mean $63 billion for the Department of Homeland Security and 22,000 Border Patrol agents. And the Homeland Security IG is being probed again about his deleted text messages.
Because cyber threats ceaselessly change, so do the protective measures agencies need to take. Cybersecurity guidelines from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) never stay static either.
DoD introduced a new plan to modernize records keeping and make it more accessible as agencies move away from paper records.
The National Archives has a plan to eliminate the pandemic-era backlog and avoid similar situations in the future.
Former President Donald Trump, former vice president Mike Pence, and President Joe Biden don't have much in common. But all three got caught with classified documents that they took home.
U.S. Chief Records Officer Laurence Brewer talks about progress and challenges in realizing a fully electronic government.
The National Archives and Records Administration signed a memorandum of understanding with its union to extend telework eligibility to all permanent agency employees.
The White House’s Open Government National Action Plan contains five key themes, largely underscored by the administration’s emphasis on advancing equity in federal services.
A late 19th century law called the Chinese Exclusion Act put a 10-year ban on Chinese laborers immigrating to the United States. Subsequent laws limited Chinese immigration until Congress condemned the Exclusion Act in 2012.
In today's Federal Newscast, a new telework agreement for one agency gives its employees more flexibility.