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December 2008

A New Archivist of the United States: Qualities of a Successful Candidate. A statement endorsed by CoSA and a coalition of other archival and historical organizations.

Letter from professional associations to the Obama Transition Team regarding qualities needed in the next Archivist of the United States

October 2007

CoSA receives $2.6 million from FEMA to develop records-related disaster preparedness training for state and local governments (October 17, 2007)

September 2007

New Rescuing Family Records manual helps families and individuals protect their records in times of disaster. (September 24, 2007)

August 2007

CoSA Awards Certificates of Preparedness to State Archives (August 10, 2007)

July 2007

CoSA Elects New Board Members and Officers (July 20, 2007)

April 2007

CoSA Issues Statement on Digital Access Partnerships (April 19, 2007)

September 2006

CoSA Elects New Board Members and Officers (September 12, 2006)

April 2006

CoSA Conference on Emergency Planning for Archives and Records
(April 12, 2006)

December 2005

NHPRC Appropriation Signed (December 16, 2005)

November 2005

"Closest to Home," Local Government Archives Project launched
(November 29, 2005)

CoSA Update from President David Carmicheal (November 18, 2005)

CoSA launches new website at www.statearchivists.org
(November 14, 2005)

Joint letter to conferees on the Treasury/Transportation funding bill (H.R. 3058)
(November 3, 2005)

September 2005

Joint Statement on Recovery from Hurricane Katrina (September 2, 2005)

Report of Hurricane Katrina Damage Assessment in Mississippi
(September 21, 2005)

Photos from visits to Mississippi following Hurricane Katrina

July 2005

COSHRC changes its name to the Council of State Archivists (CoSA)
(July 22, 2005)

2004-05 COSHRC Annual Report from CoSA President Kathleen Roe [PDF]

February 2005

COSHRC Welcomes Allen Weinstein as New Head of the National Archives (February 11, 2005)

President Kathleen Roe's message re: saving NHPRC, protecting NARA in FY2006 Budget (February 18, 2005)

July 2004

Letter in support of Allen Weinstein's nomination to serve as Archivist of the United States (July 20, 2004) [PDF]

April 2004

Statement on the Nomination of Allen Weinstein to Become Archivist of the United States (April 14, 2004)

June 2003

COSHRC News update

January 2003

COSHRC, NAGARA, SAA Boards Hold Joint Meeting (January 24, 2003)