MORE 'NARA' POSTS
Archivist of U.S. Talks to Congress About "Recipe for Lost Docs" & Preserving Social Media From White House Staff
| Archives and Special Collections, Journal Articles, News, Video Recordings
UPDATE 2: Video of Hearing (Runs About 90 Minutes) (via YouTube) UPDATE: Prepared Testimony By Mr. Ferriero and Brook Colangelo From Tech Insider: A current law that gives federal agencies 30 years to turn over all the records that must be permanently retained by the National Archives is a recipe for lost documents and a […]
From a Guest Post by on the NARAtions Blog by Aimee Primeaux, Preservation Program Officer at the National Archives: Preservation is at the heart of what we do here at NARA: Preservation Programs has joined forces with SAA’s Preservation Section to create an e-poster in recognition of Preservation Week. This poster outlines basic strategies to […]
Speech: Archivist of the United States (and a Librarian) David Ferriero Speaks to Members of the Boston Library Consortium
| Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, News, Open Access
The full text of Mr. Ferriero’s speech can be accessed here. It’s titled, “Protecting National Security in an Open Government Environment: the Role of the National Archives” and was delivered on April 11, 2011. While discussing open government Ferriero included some stats and facts about NARA. At the present time approx. 485 gigabytes of material […]
"In Electric Discovery, Scholar Finds Trove of Walt Whitman Documents in National Archives"
| Archives and Special Collections, Funding, Interviews, News, Profiles
From an Article in The Chronicle Of Higher Education by Jennifer Howard: Kenneth M. Price, a professor of English and co-director of the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, uncovered the 3,000 or so documents over the last couple of years at the Archives. David S. Ferriero, […]
From a GPO Announcement: Public Printer Bill Boarman, Archivist David Ferriero, and Director of the Federal Register Ray Mosley presented President Barack Obama with the first volume of the Public Papers of the President, Barack Obama in an Oval Office ceremony. The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) works with the National Archives and Records Administration’s […]
From a NARA Announcement: Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero has announced the first-ever Web release of the new United States Government Manual (the Manual), the official handbook of the Federal Government at www.usgovernmentmanual.gov online. The new Manual, created by the Office of the Federal Register with the Government Printing Office, provides timely access to descriptions […]
Now on Facebook: National Archives Center for Advanced Systems and Technologies (NCAST)
| Archives and Special Collections, Journal Articles, Management and Leadership, News, Reports
From the NCAST Web Site: NCAST addresses three major needs for NARA: Expand the scope of the advanced technology research to a broader, NARA-wide perspective – Identifying, exploring, and evaluating new developments in computer science and related fields that are likely to impact the lifecycle management of records; Applied research and exploratory development – Inaugurating […]
U.S. Government: "Stripped-Down Digital Records Archive Set to Debut"
| Archives and Special Collections, Dashboards, Journal Articles, News, Preservation
From a Federal Times Article: The National Archives and Records Administration’s Electronic Records Archive (ERA), after years of delays, will launch at three agencies this month, but will have fewer capabilities than originally planned. The State, Justice and Health and Human Services departments will be the first to fully access the system to transfer electronic […]
