January 25, 2023 State and territorial archives play a critical role in preserving the nation’s history and the rights of its citizens by providing access to records. These government archival programs ...
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CoSA is a professional nonprofit organization of the official government repositories of the fifty states, five territories, and the District of Columbia. CoSA members are the state-level counterparts ...
The Council of State Archivists (CoSA) is a professional nonprofit organization of the official government repositories of the fifty states, five territories, and the District of Columbia. CoSA members ...
The Council of State Archivists (CoSA) represents the repositories of official records of state, territorial, and District of Columbia governments. As the primary organization representing the custodians ...
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The Council of State Archivists (CoSA) represents the repositories of official government records of state, territorial, and District of Columbia governments. As the primary organization representing the ...
June 2021 “Excellence in civic and history education…should be a foundation of our national civic infrastructure.” Released to the public in March 2021, Educating for American Democracy (EAD) is a ...
December 1, 2020 This document was prepared for the Biden Presidential Transition Team by the Council of State Archivists, the National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators, ...
October 2020 The Council of State Archivists (CoSA) is committed to examining our work and supporting our member organizations as we address societal inequities and build a diverse and inclusive future. ...
September 2020 The Council of State Archivists (CoSA) created this document as a template for state/territorial archives to use as an advocacy/information tool that emphasizes the value and importance ...
July 30, 2020 The Council of State Archivists (CoSA) endorses the call by the National Governors Association, the Council of State Governments, the National Conference of State Legislatures, and others ...
May 2020 CoSA signed on to a letter from the American Library Association (ALA) with a coalition of more than 30 business, government, and education leaders to ask Congress to provide emergency aid ...
132 organizations have signed a statement to state, tribal and local public institutions voicing concerns about transparency and access to meetings and records as these institutions respond to the Coronavirus ...
The Council of State Archivists (CoSA) and the Society of American Archivists (SAA) sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on January 30, 2020 to oppose the sale of the National Archives ...
Issued January 21, 2020 #IssueBriefsPositionStatements
Issued June 2015; updated November 2019 The Council of State Archivists, the National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators (NAGARA), the Regional Archival Associations Consortium ...
The Council of State Archivists (CoSA), the National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators (NAGARA), the Regional Archival Associations Consortium (RAAC), and the Society of American ...
April 8, 2019 The Council of State Archivists, the National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators, the Regional Archival Associations Consortium, and the Society of American ...
February 27, 2019 CoSA joins with other national associations in asserting that access to the internet is increasingly essential for every citizen and resident. Yet, more than 30 million U.S. households ...
February 27, 2019 Government archives have an essential statutory role in the United States that is fundamental to the effective and transparent operation and management of government. Government archival ...
August 12, 2014 State archives have an essential statutory role in each state and territory in the United States that is fundamental to the effective and transparent operation and management of government. ...
December 9, 2016 This document was prepared for the Trump Presidential Transition Team by the Council of State Archivists, the National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators, ...
June 2016 We are pleased to announce the endorsement of the Joint Statement by the Records and Preservation Access Committee. The Records Preservation and Access Committee (RPAC) is sponsored by the ...
Approved Plan , 2016 Submitted by CoSA to NHPRC January 28, 2016 CoSA Response to NHPRC Revised Strategic Plan Submitted by CoSA to NHPRC in September 2015 NHPRC Draft Strategic Plan Comments ...
August 2015 Joint Statement Approved by CoSA and the Society of American Archivists #IssueBriefsPositionStatements
2014 #IssueBriefsPositionStatements
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 ...
February 2004 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 ...
Society of American Archivists, Statement on the Importance of Supporting State Archival Programs American Association for State and Local History, Support of State and Local History Agencies in America: ...
The History Relevance Campaign is a diverse group of history professionals posing questions about what makes the past relevant today. The Campaign serves as a catalyst for discovering, demonstrating, ...