Today, the Archivist of the United States and the Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget, released a Records Management Directive to the heads of Executive Departments and Agencies and Agencies. This Directive carries out the requirements set forth in the Presidential Memorandum of November 28, 2011. The Directive is available here (link [...]

We are planning a Big Bucket Scheduling  (see http://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/faqs/flexible-scheduling.html for information about big bucket schedules) workshop that will be presented by records management staff of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on August 21, 2012.  USPTO staff will provide an overview of their Big Bucket scheduling project that was completed in November 2011. [...]

The National Archives and Records Administration’s (NARA) Records Administration Conference (RACO) is for Federal records officers, records management professionals, information managers and information technology professionals with an interest in Federal records and information management. RACO 2012 is a half-day conference with no fees, but a limited number of seats are available in the theater. Registration will [...]