People
FOIA ruling raises questions
A federal court decision answered one legal question about public records and raised several new ones.
Modernization
GAO: Trusted shipping program needs work
Auditors say Customs and Border Protection needs to improve the technology behind the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program.
People
President orders agencies to simplify data labeling
Directive puts NARA in charge of efforts to improve the handling of controlled unclassified information.
People
Should NARA be the e-archiving cop?
IG says the agency needs to become more active in enforcing records law compliance.
People
Clipping the wings of indulgent travelers
VA and other agencies turn to new e-travel systems to trim excessive costs.
People
Will NARA be ready for Bush's e-records?
GAO and NARA's IG are concerned about whether NARA's new system for archiving the Bush administration's e-records will be ready by January.
People
Letter: Public can participate in history by preserving it
A reader suggests that the National Archives and Records Administration quicken its digitization pace with help from the public and wikis.
Modernization
Bill targets messy e-records
A measure introduced by House Democrats would set minimum standards for agencies’ records management systems.
People
Letter: E-mail rules already exist
A reader asks why a congressional committee is needed to investigate the application of existing laws and regulations about retaining electronic records.
People
Agencies tackle backlog of citizenship applications
CIS and the FBI process time-consuming name checks.
People
Census counts on paper for 2010
House lawmakers grill Commerce officials about rising costs and reversion to paper.
People
Treasury tops FOIA worst list
Despite recent policy changes, some critics see little progress on FOIA reforms.
People
States, feds still struggle to share health information
Technical and policy gaps remain in the patchwork of systems that send data about disease outbreaks to national repositories.
People
TIGTA: Private debt collectors protect IRS taxpayer data
Two companies that pursue delinquent taxpayer debt do a good job of protecting sensitive information, a new report states.
People
White House e-mail forensics case won't be easy to crack
The ongoing drama of missing White House e-mail messages highlights the complexities and costs any agency could face if suddenly asked to account for e-mail or other networked data
People
Sprehe: The president's legacy
The White House has repeatedly tolerated inadequate systems for keeping e-mail records.
People
White House e-mail controversy may affect current computers
A federal magistrate is weighing requiring the Executive Office of President to make copies of hard drives and storage media in use between March 2003 and October 2005.
People
Critics say EPA closed libraries too soon
Because the libraries were closed before all their contents were put online, some information may be lost forever, critics said.
People
CREW: White House misled court about missing e-mail
The group, which has sued the Bush administration over the alleged loss of millions of e-mail messages, wants a federal court to hold officials in civil contempt for a statement they gave the court in January.
People
Records managers see value of enterprise architecture
The IRS, NRC and Interior find success in developing records management systems by tying their business cases to their enterprise architectures.
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