RPAC at FGS 2019 in DC — Is This A Breakthrough?
The FGS Annual Conference being held this week at the Omni Shoreham hotel in DC will feature a Records Preservation and Access Committee report on Thursday
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Genealogy: Not JUST a Hobby!
Family History is a significant and growing hobby. An article appearing on the Voice of America web site in 2013 highlighted this fact
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RPAC Blog is Back!
We are grateful for the privilege of being a part of the launch of the new FGS website and sorry that the Records
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NYC Proposal to Further Restrict Access to Vital Records
The New York City Health Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has proposed a new rule that would restrict access to birth records
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What You Need to Know about the National Archives Proposed FY 2018 Budget Cuts
In Anticipation of Budget Cuts, NARA Just Announced Saturday Hours to Be Eliminated Soon On May 22, 2017, President Trump released more details
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DMF — How Did The Congress Get So Far Off Track?
Posted on February 21, 2017 by FredMoss It may be that Groucho Marx said it best: “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it
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Oklahoma Department of Health Debuts OK2Explore
On Monday, 9 January 2017, the Oklahoma Department of Health launched OK2Explore, a new vital records website, before a standing room only meeting
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Death Master File –The Final Rule–28 Nov 2016
Today is the effective date for the Final Rule implementing the statutory mandate found in Section 203 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of
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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!
Posted on October 28, 2016 by FredMoss The threat of Identity Theft has prompted over a thousand legislative proposals at the Federal, state or local level
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