Open Congress : News Articles for H.R.5811 Electronic Communications Preservation Act

Advocacy Group for History Endorses Electronic-Records Bill

2008-06-12T20:00:00Z

The bill, HR 5811, was introduced by Rep. Henry A. Waxman of California, a Democrat who is chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. ...

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Out with the Old, in With the New

2008-05-28T20:00:00Z

We've told you about HR 5811, a bill pending in the House of Representatives that would dramatically change the way your agency collects and stores ...

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They Knew, and Didn't do it Anyway

2008-05-21T20:00:00Z

As Congress debates HR 5811, a bill that would tighten up record keeping policy at the agencies and put a new layer of controls in place, members of the ...

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What's it all about? The Money, Partly.

2008-05-13T20:00:00Z

... Census, and National Archives Subcommittee of the House Oversight Committee about HR 5811, the proposed "Electronic Communications Preservation Act." ...

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NARA Officials: New Bill not a Magic Pill

2008-05-13T20:00:00Z

HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error in /var/www/dc2/wfed/logic/richtext_inform.php on line 75 The highlight of the record-keeping world right now is HR 5811, ...

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Agency Records Managers Saving Grocery Lists, Lunch Arrangements

2008-05-13T20:00:00Z

We told you about HR 5811, pending in the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, that would change the way your agency handles email archiving. ...

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Some Heads are Gonna Roll (or Should)

2008-05-13T20:00:00Z

HR 5811 is the proposed "Electronic Communications Preservation Act." We told you about reservations that NARA officials have. They think the bill is too ...

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Is Compliance Getting Easier or Harder? Yes

2008-05-11T20:00:00Z

So what does HR 5811 mean for CIOs and record managers? Clay says "each agency [will] come up with an electronic method of preserving [electronic] records ...

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Fed Record Keeping Called Deplorable

2008-04-16T20:00:00Z

Henry Waxman, D-Calif., introduced legislation April 16 to modernize the requirements of the Presidential Records Act and the Federal Records Act. HR 5811 ...

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Record-Keeping Bill Is Criticized As 'Anemic' by Watchdog Group

2008-04-15T20:00:00Z

The bill, HR 5811, directs the National Archives and Records Administration to set standards for capturing, managing, retrieving and preserving White House ...

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