Records management

In this Tuesday, June 18, 2019 photo a sign for the entrance to the National Archives is seen in College Park, Md. A Virginia National Guard sergeant is accused of stealing World War II-era dog tags from the National Archives and Records Administration in Maryland, at least the second theft case involving the research facility. Robert Rumsby, of Fredericksburg, Va., told investigators he took dog tags that belonged to four U.S. airmen killed in plane crashes in 1944, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court last month. (AP Photo/Michael Kunzelman)

Tennessee Valley Authority takes on NARA’s digitization mandate

Records are made up of a variety of formats. What were primarily reports on paper make up about 70% of what is generated at TVA.

Federal Insights

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Businessman working on laptop computer with electronics document icons, E-document management, online documentation database, paperless office concept

NARA targets collaboration platforms, social media for improved records management

Big Data

Veteran records bill advances in Senate, but panel deadlocks on NARA nominee

Management

Congress investigating whether companies are profiting off veterans disability claims backlog

Veterans Affairs

(Erin Scott/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Chairman Sen. Gary Peters., D-Mich., speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs & Senate Rules and Administration joint hearing on Capitol Hill, Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, to examine the January 6th attack on the Capitol. (Erin Scott/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Senators want to eliminate any conflicts of interest with government contractors

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2020, file photo, a Microsoft computer is among items displayed at a Microsoft store in suburban Boston. Microsoft says the same Russia-backed hackers responsible for the 2020 SolarWinds breach continue to attack the global technology supply chain and are have been relentlessly targeting cloud service resellers and others since summer. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

GAO: Agencies had trouble dealing with major cyber incidents in 2020

Federal Newscast

Library of Congress

Library of Congress seeks public’s help in releasing WWII-era Law Library documents

Open Data/Transparency

Census Bureau senior scientist, Sammies finalist, to thank for game-changing data developments

People

National Archives and Records Administration - National Personnel Records Center

Pandemic-induced backlog sparks new efforts to digitize military records at NARA

Management

OMB blocks sale of National Archives facility listed as underutilized, citing tribal records

Facilities/Construction

NARA gauging agencies’ confidence to meet 2022 e-records deadline after COVID-19 delays

IT Modernization

Library of Congress gathering pandemic documents, artifacts to preserve history

The Library of Congress is putting together collections showing the scope of the pandemic. Director of the Special Collections Directorate Michelle Light…

Congress

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

At the moment President-elect Joe Biden takes the oath of office on Wednesday, the National Archives and Records Administration will take custody of Donald…

Agency Oversight

Storing the Navy’s history for safe keeping

Navy

Construction is underway – reconstruction more accurately – at a complex of ancient buildings at the Washington, D.C. Navy Yard, under the auspices of the Naval History and Heritage Command.