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Sharing a link to today's press release from the Society of American Archivists on a
Presidential Records Act issue. Please note my sharing the link in no way implies
endorsement of the wording or content. My comments here focus on advice to individuals
interested in presidential and federal records.
https://www2.archivists.org/news/2018/saa-statement-on-presidential-records
I'm oriented towards statutory and regulatory citation and precision context, given my
particular career as a Federal historian who assisted lawyers and policy makers in the
course of my duties. It's conference and annual meeting season now for many archivists
and informtion professionals. I would urge individual readers who are interested in federal
and presidential records issues to double check the authorities that apply before writing or
doing conference presentations on these issues.
If you're writing for publication, especially for wide reach, even consider consulting a legal
expert on government records statutes, since the regulatory and adjudicatory environment
is different for the Presidential Records Act than the Federal Records Act. Federal records
management is not synonymous with records management within the White House, of
course.
Text to the PRA, which "Places the responsibility for the custody and management of
incumbent Presidential records with the President." https://www.archives.gov/presidential-
libraries/laws/1978-act.html
Recent letter from CREW, a public advocacy group (which previously has tried to litigate
related issues over the course of several administrations) to the White House. Note it is
premised correctly on statutory records management authority being vested in the
incumbent President and his designees within the White House:
https://www.citizensforethics.org/legal-filing/crew-and-american-oversight-file-presidential-
records-complaint-against-trump/
Maarja
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