Have you ever had a question about the process for scheduling Federal records for disposition? The first step in the process is to complete an SF-115, Request for Records Disposition Authority and submit it to us for approval. After they go through the appraisal process and are approved by the Archivist of the United States, [...]

This morning, an event is being held at the National Archives in Washington, DC  to announce the release of an American Council for Technology (ACT) Industry Action Advisory Council (IAC) report on Best Practices Study of Social Media Retention Policies (.pdf link). The report was produced by the IAC Collaboration and Transformation Shared Interest Group. [...]

The 2010 Records Management Self-Assessment Report has been released and is now available on our website (.pdf). Recall that in May 2010, we issued the mandatory annual records management self-assessment (RMSA) to Federal agencies. This followed the pilot self-assessment that was completed in 2009. The goal of the self-assessment is to determine whether Federal agencies are [...]

If you’re searching for the perfect forum to showcase your agency’s most innovative records management initiatives or projects from the past year, look no further. We have the perfect forum: The Archivist Achievement Awards at RACO 2011! The Archivist Achievement Awards remains one of the most highly-anticipated segments at our annual RACO conference. At last year’s [...]

As you may know, NARA is a regular contributor in the development of records management standards.  One of the standards groups that NARA actively participates with is the International Standards Organization (ISO) and specifically TC46/SC11 (archives and records management). TC46/SC11 is an ISO subcommittee comprised of representatives from over 20 member nations, which voluntarily develop [...]

For many, many, many years we have been answering calls and e-mails from you, the records schedulers, about when a change to an existing schedule can be done without submitting a new SF 115, and when a revised one is needed.  For the most part, we’ve been able to answer your questions clearly, but there [...]

We, in partnership with the MAX Federal Community, will be hosting a workshop to discuss the challenges of managing records in a multi-agency collaborative environment. The session will include case study presentations focusing on specific collaborative platforms and a discussion among session attendees to identify challenges and best practices. The session will be held in [...]

If you have made plans to attend this year’s annual ARMA Conference in San Francisco, please join us at the Federal Government Roundtable for networking and facilitated discussions about the burning issues of the day!  The Roundtable will be held on the Expo floor on Monday afternoon, November 8, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.  We will [...]

We are pleased to announce that NARA Bulletin 2011-02 has just been issued. This bulletin provides guidance on managing Federal records produced when agencies use web 2.0/social media platforms.  Open and transparent government increasingly relies on the use of these technologies and as agencies adopt these tools, they must be aware of and comply with [...]

We are pleased to announce that NARA will offer a free half-day workshop on media neutral records scheduling on October 19 and 20, and November 2, 3, and 4 from 9:30 to 12:00 at the National Archives building in Washington, D.C. This workshop will explain the recently issued FAQs About Media Neutral Schedule Items and [...]