ABOUT: FERMI is the National Archives and Records Administration’s (NARA) effort to provide a government-wide, modern, cost-effective, standardized, and interoperable set of records management solutions and services to Federal agencies. NARA has identified the common, core requirements all agencies need to support their records management programs. VANTAGE: Federal agencies have different missions, structures, and resources, … Continue reading The National Archives Hosts Industry Day Focused on Electronic Messages: The Next Phase of the Federal Electronic Records Modernization Initiative (FERMI)
Author: Neena Sachdeva
NARA’s 2018-2022 Draft Strategic Plan
All Federal agencies are required to produce a strategic document every four years. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) invites public and government partners, stakeholders, and colleagues in the archival, historical, and records management communities to submit comments on NARA’s draft 2018-2022 Strategic Plan. The Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) encourages its stakeholders to submit … Continue reading NARA’s 2018-2022 Draft Strategic Plan
State Department Releases Historically Significant Records on Human Rights Abuses in Argentina
Yesterday, President Trump presented Argentine President Mauricio Macri with a CD containing approximately 3,300 pages of records relating to human rights abuses committed in Argentina between 1975 and 1984. The documents are part of a comprehensive interagency project by 14 Government departments and agencies to search their archives and identify and review for public access … Continue reading State Department Releases Historically Significant Records on Human Rights Abuses in Argentina
SAVE THE DATE: PUBLIC MEETING OF THE PIDB
Join us and REGISTER for the next public meeting of the PIDB! When: Thursday, December 8, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Doors Open: 8:45 a.m. Where: The Archivist’s Reception Room, Room 105, National Archives and Records Administration Address: 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC (Enter through the Pennsylvania Ave. Lobby) The Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) will hold … Continue reading SAVE THE DATE: PUBLIC MEETING OF THE PIDB
The DPLAfest: Making Access Happen
On Friday, the PIDB participated in the Digital Public Libraries of America (DPLA) Festival. As a non-profit organization, DPLA brings together America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them available to all users. The festival is an annual series of workshops, presentations, and discussions that brings together librarians, archivists, and museum professionals, developers and technologists, … Continue reading The DPLAfest: Making Access Happen
It’s Always Sunny in Washington
The PIDB continues to hold to the principle of an Open Government recognizing that an informed citizenry strengthens our democracy. We realize that more work needs to be done on the important commitments articulated in the Third National Action Plan for Open Government, particularly streamlining the declassification process. Related to this initiative to limit secrecy … Continue reading It’s Always Sunny in Washington