This morning, we issued RM Communications AC23.2013.  This communication provides information to Federal agencies regarding the reporting requirements that we are implementing to support the goals and actions of the Managing Government Records Directive. Senior Agency Officials (SAO) at agencies are being instructed to compile their Annual SAO Report to the Chief Records Officer for the [...]

Free Online Briefing: A How-To Guide for Completing NARA’s Records Management Self Assessment Join us on Wednesday, March 6 from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Eastern time for a free online briefing.  Stephanie Fawcett from NARA’s Records Management Oversight team will give us an overview of NARA’s Records Management Self Assessment and give us tips for [...]

This post was written by the RMSA team The Records Management Self Assessment 2012 (RMSA) is here! This morning, Monday, June 4, NARA opened the survey tool for the 2012 RMSA. We sent the link in an “RM Communications” e-mail to agency records officers — so if you’re reading this, and if you did not [...]

We are pleased to  announce the release of the 2011 Records Management Self-Assessment Report (.pdf). Last May, we issued the mandatory annual records management self-assessment (RMSA) to Federal agencies.  The goal of the self-assessments is to determine whether Federal agencies are compliant with statutory and regulatory records management requirements. This year, the findings are similar [...]

The deadline for agencies to submit their responses to the 2011 Records Management Self-Assessment is tomorrow, June 3. We’ve produced a short video about the self-assessment starring Chief Records Officer Paul Wester and Office of the Chief Records Officer Management and Program Analyst Angela Dorsey. A .pdf transcript of the video is also available.

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 [...]

Today we released our findings from the 2009 Records Management Self-Assessment.  Check it out here. In September 2009, we required all agencies to assess their own records management programs to determine how compliant they are with existing RM regulations and guidance.  With over 90% of all agencies responding, we were pleased with the response, but [...]