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December 2, 2013 - The White House releases the . Read more about this on the .  

August 29, 2013 - The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ issues NARA Bulletin 2013-02: Guidance on a New Approach to Managing Email Records.  Learn more about this new approach called "Capstone" on the .  

August 16, 2013  - The  discusses NARA's updated FOIA Regulation, published as a  in the Federal Register on August 5.  The public can submit comments until October 4, 2013.  

August 12, 2013 - The National Declassification Center Releases its seventh status report.  Learn more about the report on the .  

June 26, 2013 - NARA requests comments on a  of an upcoming NARA bulletin on Managing Social Media Records.  Learn more on the .  

June 6, 2013 - NARA requests comments on a  of an upcoming NARA bulletin that creates a new approach to managing email.  Learn more on the .

March 14, 2013 - Ambassador Nancy Soderberg, Chair of the Public Interest Declassification Board, discusses transforming the security classification system at an event at the Brennan Center for Justice.  Learn more about the event on the blog.

March 12, 2013 - The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ announces it will contribute 1.2 million digital images of records to the Digital Public Library of America. Learn more about project on the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ Press Release.

March 11, 2013 - Nancy Soderberg, Chair of the Public Interest Declassification Board, commemorates Sunshine Week on the .

March 11, 2013 - The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ celebrates Sunshine Week with a display of the original Freedom of Information Act and a demonstration of .  Learn more about these events on the blog. 

March 7, 2013 - The discusses professionalizing the FOIA profession with the 0306 Government Information Specialist job series.

March 5, 2013 - The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ launches a for the National Records Management Training Program.  Learn more on the blog.

February 12, 2013 - The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ launches an online presence for information related to accessioning.  Learn more on the blog.

January 22, 2013 - The National Declassification Center releases its Sixth Bi-annual status report.  Learn more about the report on the .

January 11, 2013 - NARA's Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Branch announces they will publish a quarterly list of newly declassified sound and film recordings.  Learn more about these efforts and view the list on the blog.

December 6, 2012 - The Public Interest Declassification Board publicly releases its Report to the President on Transforming the Security Classification System.  Learn more about the report on the blog.

November 29, 2012 - The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ held the first meeting of senior agency officials for the Managing Government Records Directive.  Learn more about this meeting on the blog.

November 15, 2012 - The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ and Records Administration (NARA) releases its Performance and Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 2012. The report contains information about the agency's accomplishments, management challenges, and complete audited financial statements.

October 1, 2012 - launches to assist FOIA requestors seeking records from five Federal agencies. Requestors can submit FOIA requests, track their progress, communicate with the processing agency, search other requests, and access previously released responsive documents and file appeals with participating agencies. Learn more on the .

October 2012 - Declassified documents from the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP) are made available on Archives.gov. Learn more on the .

October 2012 - The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ launches a new declassification portal to provide a single point of access for declassification actions at the agency. Users can find information about the National Declassification Center, the Public Interest Declassification Board, the Presidential Libraries, and the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel.

September 25, 2012 - is receives the Bright Idea Award for innovative government initiatives by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Learn more on the .

September 25, 2012 - The annual Records Administration Conference (RACO) is held at the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ Building in Washington, DC. Learn more about this event on the or watch the on USTREAM (password RACO2012).

September 11, 2012 - The National Declassification Center releases more than 1,000 pages of records related to the Katyn Forest Massacre. Learn more on the .

August 30, 2012 - The Information Security Oversight Office releases the Fundamental Classification Guidance Review results. Altogether, 3,103 classification guides were reviewed and 869 were either cancelled or consolidated. Learn more on the .

August 29, 2012 - The National Declassification Center (NDC) will host its third public forum in the William G. McGowan Theater of the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ Building in Washington, DC. NDC Director Sheryl Shenberger will update the public on the declassification progress towards meeting the President's goal of eliminating the backlog of unprocessed classified records by December 31, 2013. Learn more about this event on the .

August 24, 2012 - The is released by the Archivist of the United States and the Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Learn more about the Records Management Directive on the and the .

July 20, 2012 - The NDC Releases 237 separate record entries that have completed declassification processing and are now available for researcher request. Learn more on the .

July 20, 2012 - the National Declassification Center (NDC) releases its fifth bi-annual report on the operations of the center, focusing on progress made during the first half of 2012. Learn more on the .

July 14, 2012 - The Archivist of the United States, David Ferriero, delivers the closing plenary session of Wikimania 2012. Learn more about Wikimania 2012 on the and watch the .

June 8, 2012 - The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ releases an updated Open Government Plan for 2012-2014. Learn more about the plan on the , , , , and the .

March 27, 2012 - The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ holds a to solicit comments from the public on the Presidential Memorandum on Managing Government Records. Learn more about this meeting on .

March 15, 2012 - The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ and Records Administration receives an "A" on the "" from the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

March 14, 2012 - The Archivist of the United States, David Ferriero, blogs about Sunshine Week on the White House Open Government Blog in the post, "."

March 9 -16, 2012 - The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ celebrates Sunshine Week by displaying the original Freedom of Information Act, Public Law 89-487, in the East Rotunda Gallery of the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ Building. Learn more about this event on .

February 22, 2012 - The Open Government Idea Forum launches to generate ideas for the revision of the Open Government Plan of the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡. The Forum runs through March 21, 2012.

February 16, 2012 - IdeaScale launches. The public is invited to help the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ develop a 21st-century framework for managing government records. The initiative runs through March 27, 2012.

February 16, 2012 - IdeaScale launches. The public is invited to help the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ develop a 21st-century framework for managing government records. The initiative runs through March 27, 2012.

January 26, 2012 - The National Declassification Center releases its Fourth Bi-Annual Report

January 25, 2012 - The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ launches the as part of the Citizen Archivist Dashboard. This project enables public participation in the transcription of historical records.

January 10, 2012 - The Office of the Chief Records Officer at the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ posts a template for agencies structuring their response to the "Presidential Memorandum on Managing Government Records." Learn more about this template and access it on .

December 28, 2011 - Archives.gov is picked for "" in 2011 by GovLoop.

December 23, 2011 - The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ launches the Citizen Archivist Dashboard, a portal for public participation in crowdsourcing activities. The public can now contribute tags, transcriptions, images, and collaborate on articles that help make records more accessible.

December 23, 2011 - The Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) the launch of a new website and case management system, the .

December 8, 2011 - The Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) selected the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡' Office of the Federal Register as the winner of the first annual Walter Gellhorn Innovation Award for developing FederalRegister.gov.  Read more about this award on the .

December 7, 2011 - Frequently Asked Questions about the "Presidential Memorandum on Managing Government Records" are addressed in a .

December 6, 2011 - NARA Bulletin 2012-02, "Guidance on Managing Content on Shared Drives" is released. Read more about this bulletin on .

December 5, 2011 - The Archivist of the United States issues a memorandum designed to assist agencies in fulfilling the reporting requirements of the "Presidential Memorandum on Managing Government Records." Learn more about this memorandum on .

November 28, 2011 - President Barack Obama signs the "." This marks the start of an executive branch-wide effort to reform records management policies and practices.  Learn more about this memorandum on .

November 8, 2011 - Archives.gov, ranks 7th in the . The index ranked 30 government websites for clarity of written content, including: readability, passive language, long sentences, and word complexity density. 

November 1, 2011 - The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ launches the "Document Your Environment Student Multimedia Contest" in conjunction with the EPA. Students ages 13 and up can enter graphic art, video, and poetry categories using 1970s Documerica photographs as their inspiration. Judges for the contest include: Michael Philip Manheim, Documerica photographer; Cokie Roberts, author and news analyst for NPR and ABC News; and Sandra Alcosser, the first poet Laureate of Montana. Enter and support the contest on and read more about the contest on the .

October 18, 2011 - The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ makes two software applications available on GitHub, a social coding platform. The and the were developed by the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ to facilitate digitization workflows and are now available to the public and other institutions. Learn more about the digitization tools on the .

September 20, 2011 - The White House releases the . New initiatives related to the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ include "Modernize Management of Government Records," involving the work of the Office of the Chief Records Officer, and "Declassify National Security Information," involving the work of the National Declassification Center.

September 16, 2011 - The White House releases "."

July 13, 2011 – Plain Writing at the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ introduces our program to provide "clear Government communication that the public can understand and use" by October, 2011. If you have suggestions on ways to improve writing in our documents and/or website, contact us at plainwriting@nara.gov – we'd like to hear from you!

June 9, 2011 – The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ participates in a worldwide conversation #AskArchivists day on Twitter.

June 8 – August 9, 2011 – "I Found It in the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡!" Contest encourages researchers to share their personal stories and treasures that they’ve found in the records of the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡. Learn more about the contest and how you can participate on the .

June 2011 – The Products and Services Web Portal is made publicly available on Archives.gov. The charts show NARA’s digitization and reformatting options to help NARA units in decision-making. Although intended for internal purposes, they were developed in collaboration with other institutions and may be of use to other peer institutions.

June 2011 – "Tagging" is added as a feature to the Online Public Access Prototype. Learn more about how you can participate on the NARAtions Blog post "" We’re excited to introduce this crowdsourcing feature that will increase your ability to search the records of the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡.

May 18, 2011 – The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ hosts the program, "" featuring Darla Adams from Ancestry.com's World Archives Project, Matt Knutzen from the New York Public Library's "Map Warper" project, and Jessica Zelt from the US Geological Survey's North American Bird Phenology Program.

May 2011 – The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ welcomes its first Wikipedia in Residence, Dominic McDevitt-Parks. Learn more about Dominic and his work at the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ on the .

April 28, 2011 – Archives.gov wins a for public sector website/dynamic Media. Judges commented that Archives.gov is a very simple-to-use-site! Learn more about the Archives.gov redesign.

April 26, 2011 – The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ releases a updated version of the Online Public Access (OPA) Protype. You can now "Bookmark and Share" as well as magnify or zoom in on images and documents for closer inspection.

April 26, 2011 – On their blog, , the Public Interest Declassification Board invites public proposals for transforming the classification system.

April 22, 2011 – A new on "The FOIA Ombudsman" discusses the Office of Government Information Services take on Open Government.

April 12, 2011 – Media Access to Government Information Conference (MAGIC) sponsored by the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ and Duke University's Dewitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy.

April 7, 2011 – NARA's One Year Anniversary with Open Government: transparency, participation, collaboration, the year in review!

March 31, 2011 – The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ announces the contest. Altogether, more than 80 innovative photos were submitted by 22 contestants. The contest received 165 supporters on Challenge.gov.

March 21-22, 2011 – Open Government Research and Development Summit held at the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ in Washington, DC. This event focuses on setting the foundation for a robust research and development agenda that ensures the benefits of open government are widely realized. For more information visit . Email opengov@nitrd.gov to register for this event by March 16, 2011.

March 18, 2011 – The Archivist of the United States is a panelist at Sunshine Week 2011 Event and Webcast, "The Road Forward on Open Government," at the Center for American Progress, Washington, D.C. For more information visit ..

March 17, 2011 – David Ferriero, the Archivist of the United States, blogs about .

March 15, 2011 – Watch the of the Senate Judiciary Committee Full Committee hearing "The Freedom of Information Act: Ensuring Transparency and Accountability in the Digital Age." The hearing included Miriam Nisbit, Director of the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) at the ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡.

March 14, 2011 – The Public Interest Declassification Board launches a new blog called, "" to solicit public opinion on how to fundamentally transform the security classification system.

March 13-19, 2011 – . Learn more about this week’s events. On March 16, the will be held at the Newsuem.

March 11, 2011 – The Office of Government Information Services launches a new blog called, "" to provide information and advice as well as build a bridge between FOIA requesters and Federal agencies.

March 3, 2011 - The is released. Read more about this report on .

December 9, 2010 - January 21, 2011 – The ÍþÄá˹ÈËÓéÀÖ³¡ hosts an innovative contest called . Contestants were asked to create a photo "mashup" of a NARA archival image and the present day. All photo submissions were posted to the .