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"Capstone Officials" And Public Records: Risk, Buy-In, And Archival Selection, Ruth E. Bryan
"Capstone Officials" And Public Records: Risk, Buy-In, And Archival Selection, Ruth E. Bryan
Library Presentations
Use of records schedules as appraisal tools works well for routine records held by low-level employees in public institutions. Records created by top-level public officials, however, can be more challenging to schedule. Using NARA's recent definition of "capstone officials" as a starting concept, panelists representing public universities and state and federal governments present case studies from their own institutions dealing with policy creation for capstone officials' records, records schedules and public records laws, and archival selection.
The Right To Know . . . Or Not: The Freedom Of Information Act, 1955-1974, Tommy C. Brown
The Right To Know . . . Or Not: The Freedom Of Information Act, 1955-1974, Tommy C. Brown
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
In recent years the Society of American Archivists and other organizations committed to open records have called on Congress and the president to work together to strengthen the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). For archivists and other transparency advocates, understanding the history of the FOIA may shed light on recent events and why efforts to maintain open records and strengthen the law continue regardless of which political party occupies the White House. This article explores the early history of the Freedom of Information Act from the establishment of the Special Subcommittee on Government Information in 1955 to the amendments …