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National Archives CIO Martha Morphy retires
Martha Morphy, Assistant Archivist for Information Services and the agency's Chief Information Officer (CIO) is retiring, effective July 2, 2010.
Tags: technology , management , Martha Morphy , CIO , David Ferriero , Charles Piercy
OGIS: New FOIA dispute agency begins to grow
Dubbed by lawmakers as the "FOIA Ombudsman", the new Office of Government Information Services at the National Archives is supposed to be a government-wide arbitrator when agencies are at loggerheads with members of the public who request information under the Freedom of Information Act. Yesterday, the new director of the OGIS held her first formal briefing with news reporters to discuss progress in setting up the new agency.
Tags: management , Office of Government Information Services , Miriam Nisbet , FOIA , Max Cacas
Founding Fathers to make jump from history book to Web
Kathleen Williams, executive director of NHPRC, which is part of the National Archives, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss the "Founder's Online" project — a "pretty vast" undertaking, she said.
Tags: Federal Drive , kathleen williams , national historical publications and records commi , technology
Former Archives employee pleads guilty to theft
A former National Archives employee pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing and selling recordings from his former employer, including an original 1937 sound recording of baseball legend Babe Ruth.
Tags: leslie charles waffen , theft , Associated Press
Monday morning federal headlines - Oct. 3
The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Amy Morris discuss throughout the show each day. The Newscast is designed to give FederalNewsRadio.com users more information about the stories you hear on the air.
Tags: Federal Drive , Federal Drive newscast , Tom Temin , Amy Morris , FAA , TechAmerica , Washington monument , Census
NARA hires IBM to move records system into next phase
Under 10-year, $240 million deal, IBM will provide operation and maintenance support and provide enhancements as necessary to the Electronic Record Archive system. NARA is considering improving search capabilities for agency customers of ERA. NARA CIO Mike Wash said more and more agencies are transferring data and using the system.
Tags: technology , contracting , Mike Wash , Electronic Records Archive , records management , IBM , Lockheed Martin , TechStat , Jason Miller
NARA's Electronic Records Archive boots up
Development is done. Now the National Archives and Records Administration's Electronics Record Archive is headed for deployment, but not quite as originally envisioned. NARA's Paul Wester explains.
Tags: Federal Drive , Lockheed Martin , electronic records , ERA , Electronic Records Archive , Paul Wester
What the Constitution and beef jerky have in common
The Federal Drive has learned the Constitution of the United States might smell a lot like beef jerky. Kitty Nicholson, supervisory conservator with the National Archives, explains why.
Tags: Federal Drive , newsstand , Constitution , Kitty Nicholson , Suzanne Kubota
Best Places to Work released for 2010
The annual rankings of the best (and worst) places to work in the federal government are out. We get details from Max Stier with the Partnership for Public Service
Tags: Federal Drive , best practices , pay and benefits , PPS , Max Stier , Best Places to Work , NRC , GAO , Surface Transportation Board , DOT ,
Cool Jobs: NARA's Nicholson preserves our most important documents
All this week, in our special week-long series, "Cool Jobs in Government, " Federal News Radio uncovers and highlights some of the most interesting and unorthodox ways feds spend their days. This afternoon, we meet Kitty Nicholson of the National Archives and Records Administration.
Tags: pay and benefits , Cool Jobs in Government , Catherine "Kitty" Nicholson , Dorothy Ramienski , DorobekInsider
