Updates on Transparency, Participation, and Collaboration
September 27, 2024 - The ΝώΔαΛΉΘΛΣιΐΦ³‘ releases its Open Government Plan for 2025-2027. The public can send their feedback to opengov@nara.gov.
August 5, 2024 - The U.S. Open Government Secretariat publishes the of the United Statesβ 5th Open Government National Action Plan.
July 12, 2024 - NARA requests suggestions from the public for our upcoming Open Government plan. Please send your comments and ideas that will help us increase participation, collaboration, and transparency to opengov@nara.gov by July 31, 2024. .
March 14, 2024 - Celebrating access to public information, NARA hosts a Sunshine Week panel discussion on βArtificial Intelligence: The Intersection of Public Access and Open Government'' with Pamela Wright, Chief Innovation Officer at NARA moderating. The panel includes Gulam Shakir, NARAβs Chief Data Officer; Abigail Potter, Senior Innovation Specialist at the Library of Congress Digital Innovation Lab; Eric Stein, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Global Information Services at the U.S. Department of State; and Bobak Talebian, Director of the Office of Information Policy of the U.S. Department of Justice. Jay Bosanko, Deputy Archivist of the United States, and Alina Semo, Director of OGIS, provide opening remarks.
January 22, 2024 - NARAβs status updates to our commitments in the U.S. National Action Plan are published on .
September 26, 2023 - NARA publishes Lessons Learned from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Advisory Committee. One of eight initiatives in the ΝώΔαΛΉΘΛΣιΐΦ³‘ and Records Administrationβs Fifth National Action Plan for Open Government calls on the agency to provide βlessons learnedβ from the creation and administration of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Advisory Committee. This document contains those learned lessons and provides ideas for consideration as NARA continues working with civil society partners to lead the U.S. on open government issues.
August 16, 2023 - The ΝώΔαΛΉΘΛΣιΐΦ³‘ presents progress updates on commitments to , by improving the Catalog, updating Archives.gov, and engaging underserved communities at an with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the White House Council on Environmental Quality, and the General Services Administration.
July 27, 2023 - The ΝώΔαΛΉΘΛΣιΐΦ³‘ posts on the Fifth U.S. Open Government .
December 7, 2022 - The ΝώΔαΛΉΘΛΣιΐΦ³‘ releases its Open Government Plan for 2022-2024 and provides these initiatives as recommendations for the Biden administrationβs 5th Open Government U.S. National Action Plan (NAP). We will continue to follow the Administration's lead for Open Government work over the 2022-2024 timeline for this plan. The public may provide feedback to opengov@nara.gov.
November 16, 2022 - Pamela Wright, Chief Innovation Officer, received a Distinguished Executive Presidential Rank Award (PRA). Learn more in the NARA press release.
September 6, 2016 - The ΝώΔαΛΉΘΛΣιΐΦ³‘ releases its . This plan is made available for the first time on GitHub so the public can add issues or submit edits. The public can also send their feedback to opengov@nara.gov. Learn more about the plan on the .
March 29, 2016 - The ΝώΔαΛΉΘΛΣιΐΦ³‘ will host a webinar on Open Government from 2 - 3 p.m. to seek suggestions from the public on what to include in the agency's fourth Open Government Plan. .
March 15, 2016 - The ΝώΔαΛΉΘΛΣιΐΦ³‘ kicks off the development of its fourth Open Government Plan. Check out the NARAtions Blog post, " ." And share your ideas on the or email opengov@nara.gov.
March 15, 2016 - The ΝώΔαΛΉΘΛΣιΐΦ³‘ kicks off the development of its fourth Open Government Plan. Check out the NARAtions Blog post, " ." And share your ideas on the or email opengov@nara.gov.
March 15, 2016 - The Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) at NARA hosts an event celebrating Sunshine Week. Learn more about the event on the and watch the event video.
January 13, 2016 - NARA launches a new pilot project from the Office of Innovation called the History Hub. This collaboration network explores new ways of connecting with and serving customers interested in historical topics related to the holdings of the ΝώΔαΛΉΘΛΣιΐΦ³‘. Visit the to learn more and the to participate.
December 2015 - Sheryl J. Shenberger, Director of the National Declassification Center, is named as a Meritorious Executive Presidential Rank Award recipient. Learn more on the .
October 29, 2015 - The Archivist of the United States, David Ferriero blogs about the third Open Government National Action Plan and describes NARA's commitments to strengthen open government. Learn more on the .
October 27, 2015 - The United States releases the third Open Government National Action Plan. Access the plan in and learn more about the plan on the .
October 9-11, 2015 - NARA is a co-organizer and hose site of WikiConference USA, the annual national conference of Wikimedia enthusiasts and volunteers in the U.S. Learn more on the .
July 21, 2015 - NARA announces participation in a FOIA pilot to test the feasibility of posting online FOIA responses so that they are not just available to the individual requester, but to the general public as well. Learn more on the .
April 2015 - NARA publishes its Plain Writing Compliance Report for 2014. Learn more about NARA's plain writing efforts and previous reports.
May 30, 2014 - NARA publishes its third Open Government Plan for 2014-2016. Access the plan in PDF and Word versions and view NARA's previous Open Government Plans.
April 2014 - NARA publishes its Plain Writing Compliance Report for 2013. Learn more about NARA's plain writing efforts and previous reports on Archives.gov/open/plain-writing.
April 2, 2014 - The NDC Blog seeks public suggestions for what should be included in the ΝώΔαΛΉΘΛΣιΐΦ³‘ and Records Administration's third open government plan, with an emphasis on declassification topics. Read more on the .
April 2, 2014 - The ΝώΔαΛΉΘΛΣιΐΦ³‘ seeks public feedback on the development of the agency's third Open Government Plan. Read about this and comment on the NARAtions blog post, " " or send your suggestions to webprogram@nara.gov.
February 12, 2014 - The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) seeks public feedback on proposed changes to the grants program. Read more about it on the .
March 10, 2014 - The National Declassification Center celebrates the completion of a quality assurance review of over 351 million pages of historically valuable classified records. Learn more about this effort on .
March 10, 2014 - The National Declassification Center celebrates the completion of a quality assurance review of over 351 million pages of historically valuable classified records. Learn more about this effort on .
March 6, 2014 - The Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) discusses Sunshine Week events in the blog post, " ."
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