Closing Death Records — The Logical Flaw
One of the misperceptions with which we have repeatedly had to wrestle in recent years has been that ALL Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
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Closing Death Records Is Just Dead Wrong!
The threat of Identity Theft has prompted over a thousand legislative proposals at the Federal, state or local level in recent years impacting
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Genealogists Support Archivists’ Policy on Access to State and Local Records
Dilts GD, Second floor microfilm cabinets, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah The Records Preservation and Access Committee (RPAC) supports the Joint
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Improved Access to Virginia Vital Records
Program Sponsored by the Records Preservation and Access Committee On Wednesday, 4 May 2016, at the NGS 2016 Family History Conference in
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Unintended Consequences of Closing Access to the Death Master File
More than two years ago Section 203 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 closed access to the Death Master File (known to
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Support the Congressional History Caucus
RPAC is a member of the National Coalition for History (NCH), a consortium of over fifty organizations that advocates on federal, state, and
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Genealogists’ Declaration of Rights Exceeds 10,000 Signatures
Genealogists Support Declaration of Rights RPAC is pleased to announce that the 10,000 signature threshold was exceeded on Thursday, 4 February 2016 at
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Data Privacy Regulations in the European Union
If you are a genealogist researching ancestors in one of the twenty-eight-member European Union countries, you have reason to be concerned. Changes
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You Can Help Keep Records Accessible! Sign the Genealogists’ Declaration of Rights!
Have You Signed the Genealogists’ Declaration of Rights? RPAC thanks everyone who signed the Genealogists’ Declaration of Rights and all the genealogists and
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