National Archives

NARA preps agencies to move to new e-records system in early 2023

A near decade-long project to upgrade the IT systems agencies use to schedule and transfer records to the National Archives is close to coming to fruition.

Open Data/Transparency

FILE - People walk up the steps even though the National Archives is closed with the partial government shutdown, Dec. 22, 2018 in Washington. While the Archives safeguards precious national documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, that's only the public face of their sprawling collection, which spans 13 billion pages of text and 10 million maps, charts and drawings, as well as tens of millions of photographs, films and other records. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

National Archives digitizes hundreds of millions of pages for public access

Federal Newscast

FILE - People attend Juneteenth celebrations in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, on June 19, 2021. Recognition of Juneteenth, the effective end of slavery in the U.S., gained traction after the police killing of George Floyd in 2020. But after an initial burst of action, the movement to have it recognized as an official holiday in the states has largely stalled. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

Federal agencies commemorate Juneteenth holiday

Workforce

Dr. Rogers Cain, right, a primary care doctor, confers with office manager Cassandra Robinson, at his practice, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, in Jacksonville, Fla. Cain said it was easier to convince his elderly patients to get the vaccine but his patients under the age of 50 remain skeptical. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Federal workers injured on the job may soon have more treatment options

Federal Newscast

Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress in the Thomas Jefferson Building

Don’t throw out your 8 mm movies, the Library of Congress may want them

Technology

A Tuesday like no other: Feds recall shock of 9/11

Workforce

Will Trump’s mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

Agency Oversight

NARA considers blockchain to verify records amid rise in deepfake videos

Technology

Why a FOIA workforce shortage? Employees may see work as ‘punishment’

Open Data/Transparency

U.S. Army Spc. Steven Hitchcock, assigned to the 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera), takes a photographs during a mission at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., Jan. 22, 2014. Hitchcock's mission was to document task force training conducted by Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. (DoD photo by Pfc. Rashene Mincy, U.S. Army/Released)

DoD’s media agency communicates well with the world, but not with its employees

Big Data

FILE - In this June 21, 2013, file photo, the seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. The advocacy group National Industries for the Blind filed a lawsuit Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in U.S. District Court in Washington alleging the agency ignored a longstanding law when it changed contracting rules used for decades to give jobs to the blind. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Panel rules veterans may be able to file class action lawsuits against VA

Federal Newscast

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,…

Agency Oversight

A care worker takes care to residents of the Maharin nursing home of Anglet, southwestern France, Tuesday, Jan.30, 2018. French care workers are protesting at nursing homes around the country in anger over staff shortages and cost cuts. Unions say workers are under increasing pressure to cut corners on feeding, cleaning and hygiene care for elderly residents. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

VA makes annual nursing home ratings public for the first time

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Veterans Affairs Department publishes the ratings of its 130 community living centers.

Federal Newscast

How federal agencies are honoring the fallen on Memorial Day

People

Federal News Radio took to social media to share with you how the federal agencies are honoring those who have fallen for Memorial Day