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Federal records chief says ‘culture of paper’ persists at agencies

U.S. Chief Records Officer Laurence Brewer talks about progress and challenges in realizing a fully electronic government.

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White House extends e-records deadline to June 2024

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NARA gauging agencies’ confidence to meet 2022 e-records deadline after COVID-19 delays

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2021 spending bill: Cyber, federal buildings are winners, IT modernization is a loser

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NARA building in, not bolting on e-records standards

One year from Monday is the date by which agencies must manage all their permanent records electronically and send them to the National Archives and Records…

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NARA: Most agencies on-track to transition from paper to digital records

The vast majority of agencies claim they’re on track to meet a key deadline in the path towards making the government less dependent on paper records,…

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Most agencies say they’ll meet year-end records management deadline

Roughly 90 percent of agencies said they will meet the governmentwide deadline to manage all permanent and temporary email electronically by Dec. 31, 2016. The National Archives and Records Administration said it will release a new email success criteria tool to help agencies measure their success and progress in complying with records management requirements.

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