NAGARA Advocacy Statements

  

NAGARA Congratulates Dr. Colleen Shogan on her Confirmation as 11th Archivist of the United States

Posted on 5/11/2023
NAGARA congratulates Dr. Colleen Shogan on her confirmation by the U.S. Senate as the 11th Archivist of the United States (AOTUS) and the first woman to hold the position permanently.

  

NAGARA Submits Questions to Congress for Upcoming AOTUS Confirmation Hearing

Posted on 9/9/2022
In light of the recent nomination of Dr. Colleen Shogan for the position of AOTUS, today NAGARA submitted the following questions to the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs... (READ MORE)

  

NAGARA Welcomes Shogan Nomination

Posted on 8/19/2022
The National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators (NAGARA) welcomes the Biden administration???s nomination of Dr. Colleen Shogan for the position of Archivist of the United States (AOTUS). (READ MORE)...

  

Statement on the Qualifications to be Archivist of the United States

Posted on 3/14/2022
NAGARA recommends the following characteristics as vital for the chief officer responsible for preserving, protecting, and providing access to the permanently valuable records of this country. (READ MORE)

  

NAGARA Expresses Opposition to Proposed USCIS Fee Increases

Posted on 12/19/2019
NAGARA strongly urges USCIS to reconsider these fees in its current rulemaking process. The existing fees ($65 for searching the index and $65 for reproducing records) are already quite high for this kind of work and were significantly increased from

  

NAGARA Statement on Texas House Bill 1962

Posted on 4/8/2019
NAGARA calls upon the Texas State Legislature to remove Section 441.206(b) of House Bill (HB) 1962. NAGARA is greatly concerned that this legislation, which grants ownership and legal custody of archival legislative records to legislative entities...