About the IPER Project

The Council of State Archivists is leading this project to develop and deliver Web- and CD-based training for state and local governments nationwide. The Intergovernmental Preparedness for Essential Records (IPER) project is made possible by a $2.6 million award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Competitive Grants Training Program.

Overview of the IPER Project (July 2007) (PDF, 104K)

IPER Advisory Board members

IPER Staff Contacts

Deadlines for IPER Summit next steps

IPER Summit Conference on Essential Records and Emergency Preparedness

The first major event in the IPER Project was an invitation-only Summit conference, held July 21-22, 2008, in Atlanta GA.

Download copies of handouts and other materials distributed at the conference as well as PowerPoint presentations delivered by Summit speakers.

Time table for follow-up activities

Learn more about the IPER Project

The IPER Project will be featured in sessions at the following 2008 conferences:

Society of American Archivists, August 26-30, San Francisco CA

NARA's 20th Annual Records Administration Conference (RACO 2008), September 9, Atlanta GA

National Association of State Chief Information Officers, September 21-24, Milwaukee WI

ARMA International, October 20-23, Las Vegas NV

Society of Georgia Archivists, November 13-14, Athens GA

Related Projects and Resources

The IPER project extends and expands upon CoSA's ongoing Emergency Preparedness Initiative which began in the wake of the 2005 hurricanes.

The CoSA EPI Toolkit points to a number of other important efforts to protect records and cultural resources from disasters.

Until the courses being developed by the IPER are available, there are a number of other sources of training for records-related emergency preparedness.