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NARA's top 10 management challenges

The Office of Inspector General recently listed what it considers the most significant challenges facing the agency.

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Obama picks Ferriero to head NARA

President Barack Obama plans to nominate David Ferriero to head the National Archives and Records Administration.

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GAO: Details needed on electronic records system

The National Archives and Records Administration's spending plan for its Electronic Records Archive system needs important details, GAO has found.

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Administration to get recommendations on reducing over-classification

The Public Interest Declassification Board has been gathering public recommendations for how the Obama administration should improve policies for classifying national security data.

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NARA names FOIA overseer

The National Archives and Records Administration has appointed Miriam Nisbet as the first director of the Office of Government Information Services.

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Obama directs review of data classifications

President Barack Obama has directed a review of how the government classifies information and how it handles sensitive but unclassified data.

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NARA suffers data breach

The National Archives and Records Administration is missing an external hard drive with the personally identifiable information of some Clinton administration officials and White House visitors.

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NARA wants new catalog

The National Archives and Records Administration wants information on how to replace the centralized system used to share and manage its holdings.

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House again considers electronic records bill

A new House bill would expand the National Archives and Records Administration's ability to dictate how agencies and the White House maintain electronic records.

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4 reasons e-records are still a mess

The federal government’s struggle to preserve official e-mail messages and other digital records is likely to continue during the Obama administration.

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E-mail case continues with Obama

The groups that sued the government over the alleged loss of millions of e-mail messages has opposed the government's motion to have the case dismissed. Meanwhile, the government's latest motion for dismissal was filed after President Barack Obama took office.

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Obama order cites CTO as assistant to president

A Federal Register notice adds the chief technology officer to the membership of the White House Domestic Policy Council.

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A new kind of record-keeper

The next National Archivist could fix decades of problems in digital management.