As we move into the post-pandemic period, we realize there remains confusion over availability and procedures for performing research at National Archives facilities across the country. In response to requests from NCH and many of our member organizations, NARA has prepared this update on the status of their research rooms. Below are detailed instructions from more >

The US Senate today voted (52-45) to confirm Dr. Colleen Joy Shogan to serve as the 11th Archivist of the United States. NCH congratulates Dr. Shogan. We look forward to working with her on the many challenges facing the National Archives.

Recently the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) developed a detailed set of recommendations suggesting much-needed reforms of the federal government rules and regulations controlling the declassification of federal and presidential records. The National Security Archive was also involved in the development of the proposal. The National Coalition for History (NCH) has endorsed more >

In August 2022, President Biden nominated Dr. Colleen Joy Shogan as the 11th Archivist of the United States (AOTUS). On March 15, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted to send her nomination to the full Senate for confirmation. We need your help in ensuring that happens! It is vital that the Senate more >

President Biden has signed into law an omnibus appropriations bill which will fund the federal government through the last nine months of fiscal year (FY) 2023. Click here to access a chart (see attached) showing how programs of interest to our community fared. It includes the budget for FY 23 and compares it with FY 22 more >

On June 28, 2019, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) jointly issued a memorandum providing guidance on managing Federal records. In a major policy change, the memo mandated that all Federal agencies must transfer permanent records to NARA in electronic formats after December 31, 2022. NARA more >

In August, President Biden nominated Dr. Colleen Joy Shogan as the 11th Archivist of the United States to succeed David S. Ferriero who retired earlier this year. Dr. Shogan would be the first political scientist to serve as Archivist. The position requires Senate confirmation. We need your help in ensuring that happens! We are pressing the more >

The National Coalition for History (NCH) today sent a letter to Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) Chairman Gary Peters and Ranking Member Rob Portman endorsing the nomination of Dr. Colleen Shogan to be the next Archivist of the United States. Her confirmation hearing is tentatively scheduled for September 21. Earlier this week, more >

There is a continuing backlog of over 500,000 records requests from veterans still pending at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis. Because of the pandemic, the NPRC was closed for two years due to legitimate concerns for the health and safety of staff of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) which more >

Dr. Colleen Joy Shogan is an excellent choice to serve as the 11th Archivist of the United States. She will be the first political scientist to serve in that capacity and will bring a wealth of rich experience in academia and public service to her new duties. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) faces more >