Have you ever had a question about the process for scheduling Federal records for disposition? The first step in the process is to complete an SF-115, Request for Records Disposition Authority and submit it to us for approval. After they go through the appraisal process and are approved by the Archivist of the United States, [...]

The following is from David Weinberg, the Director of NARA’s Federal Records Center Program. I would like to communicate with Federal Records Centers Program (FRCP) customers regarding the possible shutdown of the Federal Government after April 8, 2011, and the impact such a shutdown might have on the services the FRCP provides to agency customers. [...]

This morning, an event is being held at the National Archives in Washington, DC  to announce the release of an American Council for Technology (ACT) Industry Action Advisory Council (IAC) report on Best Practices Study of Social Media Retention Policies (.pdf link). The report was produced by the IAC Collaboration and Transformation Shared Interest Group. [...]