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• All National Archives research rooms will be closed on Monday, October 8, in observance of Columbus Day. Museums in Washington, DC, and at the Presidential libraries will be open.
  
  
• The National Archives observes Archives Month in October
  This is American Archives Month and a time for us to reflect on the importance of what we do at the National Archives: preserve and protect the nation’s most important records and make them accessible to our citizens.
  
  This month will feature public programs, including the Cuban Missile Crisis exhibit, which opens October 12, and a variety of important discussions, lectures, and talks to educate and inspire people about material in our holdings.
  
  We’ll be working to increase awareness about the National Archives, and the importance of archives in general. Check here on our website, and follow us on our social media networks to get the latest information.
  
  
• FOIAonline launched to expand public access to information requested under the Freedom of Information Act.
  
  
• Exhibit on the Cuban Missile Crisis opens at the National Archives in Washington, DC.
  
  
• Register for the annual Preservation Conference on October 19 at the National Archives in Washington, DC.
  
  
• Materials related to the Katyn massacre during World War II have been declassified.
  
  
• New reproduction fees starting October 1.
  
  
• The National Archives has a new home in the Denver area.
  
  
• Information Security Oversight Office releases Fundamental Classification Guidance Review.
  
  
• Federal records management overhaul announced.
  
  
• Learn about "Attachments," our current exhibit, in this new video.
  
  
• The National Archives at New York City will have a new location in the fall.
  
  
• A new research page commemorates the anniversary of the American with Disabilities Act.
  
  
• The Federal Register has a new director.
  
  
• The National Declassification Center has issued its fifth biannual report.
  
  
• Ellis Island immigration exhibit opens July 21 in Atlanta.
  
  
• The George W. Bush Library has launched its new website.
  
  
• Barry Landau has been sentenced for thefts from the National Archives and other institutions.
  
  
• The Treaty of Ghent is on exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery and the Canadian War Museum. Both are on loan from the National Archives.
  
  
• "Attachments," a new exhibit about immigration, is on display in Washington, DC.
  
  
• The National Archives has released its updated Open Government Plan.
  
  
• Centennials of Pat Nixon and Lady Bird Johnson celebrated in exhibits and website.
  
  
• ISOO issues its annual report.
  
  
• National Archives Leads Restoration of John Huston's Let There Be Light.
  
  
• NHPRC grants for Documentary Editing and Archival Projects awarded.
  
  
• Immigration files opened in San Francisco and research center named for Tom Lantos.
  
  
• Largest photography exhibit ever on the Roosevelts now at FDR Library.
  
  
• A new video goes behind the scenes to look at digitizing Civil War widows' pension files.
  
  
• See the Homestead Act of 1862 at the Homestead National Monument in Beatrice, NE, through May 28.
  
  
• Our Genealogy Fair was held on April 18-19 in Washington, DC.
  
  
• Records of the DC Emancipation Act of 1862 are featured in a new video.
  
  
• A DocsTeach app for the iPad is now available.
  
  
• A new video takes you inside the Titanic-related records in the National Archives.
  
  
• Apply for the 2012 Legislative Archives Fellowship.
  
  
• The 1940 census is now open!
  
  

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