GQ recently did an in-depth article on the National Tracing Center. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.gq.com_story_inside-2Dfederal-2Dbureau-2Dof-2Dway-2Dtoo-2Dmany-2Dguns&d=DwIGaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=bUHQsT4_5ZW2yTudPFBJa7EMKLNFERWf-oP7l6MHb0E&s=H51dFumk4_6YqStAYULexUP7z3bRtHySr1c6_t2t188&e= The thing that boggles my mind the most as a records manager is that they recently got permission to digitize some of their files-- but they aren't allowed to run OCR on any of the digitized images. -----Original Message----- From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Christopher Ferry Sent: Friday, February 2, 2018 8:08 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Endless rows of boxes of paper records line the hallways of the archaic federal facility where guns are traced. When a gun crime is committed in the U.S., you might assume that police would simply enter the weapon’s serial number into a computing system and come out with the name of the perpetrator. But due to years of lobbying from the NRA, no such centralized system exists. In fact, the data must be uncovered through archaic processes by the low-tech, underfunded National Tracing Center. Astonishingly, so many paper gun records are stored in the National Tracing Center, the sheer weight of the boxes was stressing the building’s infrastructure so much that it violated the building code. The center was forced to rent large outdoor storage containers to house the excess boxes, which remain today in the building’s parking lot. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.atlasobscura.com_places_national-2Dtracing-2Dcenter-3Futm-5Fsource-3DAtlas-2BObscura-2BDaily-2BNewsletter-26utm-5Fcampaign-3Deda7de0444-2DEMAIL-5FCAMPAIGN-5F2018-5F02-5F02-26utm-5Fmedium-3Demail-26utm-5Fterm-3D0-5Ff36db9c480-2Deda7de0444-2D62985833-26mc-5Fcid-3Deda7de0444-26mc-5Feid-3Df705c48c47&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=iX3ycH8yptJfx-dLzP78DmV0l_s754dQNtFw3Sim3q4&s=budW61aikjoXUEu2wg9YJvobKkRdbjwjKd2vWXNgQD4&e= Christopher Ferry, CRM Boston, MA [log in to unmask] List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask] List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]
