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  • SOURCE: The Hill
    12/23/2020

    Democracy, History and the Presidential Records Act

    by James Grossman and Richard Immerman

    It's time to update the Presidential Records Act to clarify the kinds of materials that must be preserved and create real penalties for destroying them. 

  • SOURCE: American Historical Association
    12/1/2020

    AHA Joins Lawsuit to Protect Historical Records

    The AHA is party to a lawsuit pressing the Trump administration and the National Archives to comply with laws requiring complete preservation of presidential records. 

  • SOURCE: The New Yorker
    11/16/2020

    Will Trump Burn the Evidence?

    by Jill Lepore

    Reckoning with the Trump adminstration's actions and assigning moral or criminal sanction to any misdeeds will probably be compromised by the destruction or failure to maintain presidential records. 

  • SOURCE: FOIA Ombudsman Blog (National Archives)
    5/14/2020

    The Importance of Preserving Pandemic Records

    The National Archives has joined other organizations in a call to ensure that records related to the pandemic and governments' responses are preserved and made accessible to future researchers.

  • SOURCE: Center for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
    3/16/2020

    Lawsuit: Ice Must Not Destroy Detainee Records

    NARA approved ICE’s request to begin destroying the records in December 2019, despite ongoing concerns and reports of widespread mistreatment of individuals detained in ICE custody.