Records management

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

The Access for Veterans to Records Act is on the move in the Senate, but Colleen Shogan’s nomination to be national archivist hits a roadblock.

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

Partnership for Public Service

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

People

(National Archives and Records Administration photo)

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

Congress

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

Agency Oversight

Storing the Navy’s history for safe keeping

Construction is underway – reconstruction more accurately – at a complex of ancient buildings at the Washington, D.C. Navy Yard, under the auspices of…

Navy

FBI’s newest piece of real estate is run with robots

Assistant Director of the FBI Information Management Division Arlene Gaylord joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for a verbal tour.

Facilities/Construction

Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Sunday, April 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Veterans Affairs lays out reopening plan for facilities

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, Veterans Affairs has a new plan to eventually resume normal operations for its hospitals, cemeteries and benefits offices.