National Archives

  • National Archives and Records Administration has a huge task ahead in storing data from the former and all current Administrations and making it searchable and retrievable. According to the Government Accountability Office, as of late April, only 3 percent of all presidential records from the Bush Administration have been saved into the Electronic Records Archive. NARA says they plan on ingesting the remainder of the records before the end of the year. GAO also noted that NARA\'s archival system has no back up. Archives says their contingency plan is under final review.

    August 03, 2009
  • Crafting your family tree just got a bit easier. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (or USCIS) has partnered with the National Archives to retain millions of immigrant registration files. Before this deal, these so…

    June 08, 2009
  • Transition website flips to governing resource

    January 20, 2009
  • We’re just days away from the Inauguration, and yet, there’s one part of the transition that will continue long after the Obama Administration has been running things for a while. The National Archives and Records…

    January 16, 2009
  • We’re just days away from the Inauguration, and yet, there’s one part of the transition that will continue long after the Obama Administration has been running things for a while. The National Archives and Records…

    January 16, 2009
  • For the National Archives and Records Administration, tracking records, whether they are paper or electronic, is a huge challenge. So much so, that NARA is beginning an agencywide project to create a records tracking database.…

    October 22, 2008