The PAHR bill, H.R.
2256, was introduced on May 5, 2009, in the U.S. House of Representatives. We are now also seeking sponsors in the Senate. Learn more about how you can help pass this bill that will bring critical support to all those organizations that care for archives and records, preserving our nation's documentary heritage: state and local goverments, colleges and universities, historical societies, museums, and many more.
Includes links to the latest edition of Manual
on Managing Gubernatorial Records (2010) and other resources.
A number of nonprofit and for-profit entities are actively pursuing contracts with state and local archives to allow them to digitize public records in order to make these records available online. The Council of State Archivists has developed a Statement on Digital Access Partnerships to provide guidance to government archivists who are negotiating these contracts in order to ensure that their provisions reflect the long-term best interests of the records and their users.
The Council of State Archivists has noted with concern the frequency with which state and local government records are offered for sale. CoSA is renewing its efforts to provide guidance to state and local government agencies and to the public in order to clarify laws and ensure that government records are handled properly.
