Open Government at the National Archives

Open Government at the National Archives

Updates on Transparency, Participation, and Collaboration

NARA Performance and Accountability Report November 15, 2012 - The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) releases its Performance and Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 2012. The report contains information about the agency's accomplishments, management challenges, and complete audited financial statements.

October 1, 2012 - FOIAonline launches to assist FOIA requestors seeking records from five Federal agencies. Requestors can submit FOIA requests, track their progress, communicate with the processing agency, search other requests, and access previously released responsive documents and file appeals with participating agencies. Learn more on the FOIA Ombudsman blog.

October 2012 - Declassified documents from the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP) are made available on Archives.gov. Learn more on the NDC Blog.

October 2012 - The National Archives launches a new declassification portal to provide a single point of access for declassification actions at the agency. Users can find information about the National Declassification Center, the Public Interest Declassification Board, the Presidential Libraries, and the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel.

Bright Idea Award Logo September 25, 2012 - Federal Register 2.0 is receives the Bright Idea Award for innovative government initiatives by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Learn more on the OFR Blog.

RACO Logo September 25, 2012 - The annual Records Administration Conference (RACO) is held at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC. Learn more about this event on the Records Express Blog or watch the video on USTREAM (password RACO2012).

September 11, 2012 - The National Declassification Center releases more than 1,000 pages of records related to the Katyn Forest Massacre. Learn more on the NDC Blog.

August 30, 2012 - The Information Security Oversight Office releases the Fundamental Classification Guidance Review results. Altogether, 3,103 classification guides were reviewed and 869 were either cancelled or consolidated. Learn more on the AOTUS Blog.

August 29, 2012 - The National Declassification Center (NDC) will host its third public forum in the William G. McGowan Theater of the National Archives Building in Washington, DC. NDC Director Sheryl Shenberger will update the public on the declassification progress towards meeting the President's goal of eliminating the backlog of unprocessed classified records by December 31, 2013. Learn more about this event on the NDC Blog.

August 24, 2012 - The Records Management Directive is released by the Archivist of the United States and the Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Learn more about the Records Management Directive on the Record Express Blog and the AOTUS Blog.

July 20, 2012 - The NDC Releases 237 separate record entries that have completed declassification processing and are now available for researcher request. Learn more on the NDC Blog.

July 20, 2012 - the National Declassification Center (NDC) releases its fifth bi-annual report on the operations of the center, focusing on progress made during the first half of 2012. Learn more on the NDC blog.

Wikimania Logo July 14, 2012 - The Archivist of the United States, David Ferriero, delivers the closing plenary session of Wikimania 2012. Learn more about Wikimania 2012 on the AOTUS Blog and watch the video of the Archivist's remarks.

June 8, 2012 - The National Archives releases an updated Open Government Plan for 2012-2014. Learn more about the plan on the AOTUS Blog, NARAtions, NDC Blog, the FOIA Ombudsman, and the Office of the Federal Register Blog.

March 27, 2012 - The National Archives holds a public meeting to solicit comments from the public on the Presidential Memorandum on Managing Government Records. Learn more about this meeting on Records Express.

March 15, 2012 - The National Archives and Records Administration receives an "A" on the "Report Card on Federal Government's Efforts to Track and Manage FOIA Requests" from the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

White House Blog March 14, 2012 - The Archivist of the United States, David Ferriero, blogs about Sunshine Week on the White House Open Government Blog in the post, "Managing Government Records: The Backbone of Open Government."

March 9 -16, 2012 - The National Archives celebrates Sunshine Week by displaying the original Freedom of Information Act, Public Law 89-487, in the East Rotunda Gallery of the National Archives Building. Learn more about this event on The FOIA Ombudsman.

Open Government Idea Forum February 22, 2012 - The Open Government Idea Forum launches to generate ideas for the revision of the Open Government Plan of the National Archives. The Forum runs through March 21, 2012.

February 16, 2012 - Managing Government Records IdeaScale launches. The public is invited to help the National Archives develop a 21st-century framework for managing government records. The initiative runs through March 27, 2012.

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Open Government Inititative

Participate

  • Citizen Archivist Dashboard: Participate in crowdsourcing projects, including: tagging, transcription, editing articles, uploading your images, and entering contests.
  • NARAtions: Let us know your concerns and what you think on the blog of the National Archives.
  • AOTUS: Collector in Chief: Find out what David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, has to say about transparency, participation, and collaboration at the National Archives.

Contact OpenGov

  • OpenGov@nara.gov
  • Open Government Team
    National Archives and Records Administration
    8601 Adelphi Road
    Room 3200
    College Park, MD 20740

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