Due to a power outage, the Washington National Records Center (WNRC) will be closed today, Friday, September 9, 2011. This includes all staff unless they have been contacted by a supervisor. As a result of the outage, WNRC is not able to receive emergency or high priority requests from our agency customers. We will continue [...]

The Washington National Records Center will remain closed on Friday, September 2 for cleanup and repairs. We expect to reopen the building to all staff after the Labor Day holiday on Tuesday, September 6. We will be servicing emergency and high-priority reference requests through Friday, September 9, and we expect to be back to normal [...]

The Washington National Records Center will remain closed on Thursday, September 1 to allow for continuing cleanup and repairs to the building. We will continue to service emergency reference requests for Federal agencies as necessary. While we will continue to update the blog, you can also follow the Federal Records Center Program on Twitter.

The Washington National Records Center (WNRC) will remain closed on Tuesday, August 30 and Wednesday, August 31.  Engineers have determined that the steel frame structure of the building did not sustain any structural damage as a result of the earthquake or hurricane.  However, the building will remain closed to staff to enable clean up of [...]

As discussed in today’s NARA Press Release, the Washington National Records Center in Suitland, Maryland will remain closed today and again on Monday, August 29th because of damage from Tuesday’s earthquake. As we state in the NARA Press Release, during the closure, a small team of National Archives staff members are on-site to coordinate the [...]