Secrecy News: August 19, 2019
Secrecy News : August 19, 2019 View this email in your browser SECRECY NEWS From the FAS Project on Government Secrecy Volume 2019, Issue No. 32 August 19, 2019 Secrecy News Blog: https://fas.org/blogs/ secrecy/ ** NARA DRIVES GOVT TRANSITION TO ALL-ELECTRONIC RECORDS ** DOMESTIC TERRORISM: SOME CONSIDERATIONS NARA DRIVES GOVT TRANSITION TO ALL-ELECTRONIC RECORDS The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is embarking on an ambitious effort to phase out the acquisition of paper records by 2022 and to transition to all-electronic record keeping. The White House Office of Management and Budget has endorsed the initiative and has directed all federal agencies to adopt exclusively electronic formats for managing permanent records. But the move is generating anxiety about the feasibility of the transition and the possible unanticipated consequences for public access to government records. "The most significan...