The National Archives recently announced upcoming meetings of three advisory panels: the Advisory Committee on Presidential Library-Foundation Partnerships, the Advisory Committee on the Electronic Records Archive (ACERA) and the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB).

On October 21, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar presented a Partners in Conservation Award to the Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) for its partnership with the National Park Service to permanently preserve nearly 30,000 acres of Civil War battlefield land across the United States. The Civil War Preservation Trust is a member of the National Coalition for History.