#governmentrecords — Public Fediverse posts

Hell Gate NYC: Comparing New York’s Most Powerful Judges’ Records Has Never Been Possible—Until Now. “The platform, called Decoded, is the newest project from Oded Oren, who in 2023 left his job as a public defender to start Scrutinize, a website dedicated to increasing judicial transparency. (Hell Gate used Scrutinize as a research tool for our project Courts of Contempt, a deep dive into […]

State of California: Attorney General Bonta Sues to Block Closure of San Francisco National Archives. “California Attorney General Rob Bonta today filed a lawsuit challenging the National Archives and Records Administration’s (NARA) abrupt decision to close the National Archives at San Francisco and transfer its holdings to other National Archives facilities across the country. The San […]

Fold3: Experience Revolutionary War Pensions Like Never Before with Our New & Improved Full-Text Search and Transcription Viewer!. “Genealogy and military research just got a massive upgrade! We’ve unlocked 2.4 million pages of Revolutionary War Pension Files with a state-of-the-art, patent-pending Transcription Viewer. The Transcription Viewer is unlike anything you’ve ever seen and is […]

US government’s new AI chatbot pulls back from debunking Trump

US President Donald Trump unveiled what he called a “damn good” AI chatbot, but it quickly drew attention…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #2020presidentialelection #AIchatbot #america #DonaldTrump #governmentinformation #governmentrecords #POTUS #presidentdonaldtrump #presidentoftheUnitedStates #presidenttrump #trump
https://www.europesays.com/3282067/

https://www.europesays.com/3282067/ US government’s new AI chatbot pulls back from debunking Trump #2020PresidentialElection #AIChatbot #america #DonaldTrump #GovernmentInformation #GovernmentRecords #POTUS #PresidentDonaldTrump #PresidentOfTheUnitedStates #PresidentTrump #trump

https://www.europesays.com/people/249657/ US government’s new AI chatbot pulls back from debunking Trump #2020PresidentialElection #AIChatbot #america #DonaldTrump #GovernmentInformation #GovernmentRecords #POTUS #PresidentOfTheUnitedStates

Courthouse News Service: Conservationists sue EPA for records on lobbyists’ role in pesticide approval. “Conservationists sued the Environmental Protection Agency Thursday, demanding public records on the reapproval of a ‘dangerous, drift-prone’ pesticide they say biased political appointees influenced.”

The Circle News: Planned Archives Closures Raise Alarm Over Tribal Records. “Tribal advocates argue that relocating these materials without consultation disregards the federal government’s trust responsibility and its nation-to-nation relationship with tribes. Some tribal governments and coalitions have requested greater transparency, while advocates are calling for congressional intervention […]

The FEMA ruling noted DHS officials used Signal messages related to the staffing cuts and later deleted them. Nothing makes government recordkeeping exciting quite like the phrase “deleted Signal messages.” #GovernmentRecords

[Correspondence regarding Gottfried Lindauers surrender of the authors rights title and interest], 25 Mar 1904

1 Letter - 342 x 212 mm - Correspondence between George Leslie, Registrar of Copyrights, and Henry Edward Partridge - E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki via DigitalNZ

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/59811478/source

#ArchiveCorrespondence #ResearchLibrary #LettersPatent #PatentOffices #GovernmentRecords #Museums

Voice of San Diego: Governments May Now Take ‘Months or Years’ to Fill Public Records Requests. “At issue in the case: The California Constitution requires agencies to produce public records ‘promptly.’ But what does that mean? The appeals court’s written ruling said that no timer could be placed on the definition of promptness; it rejected Voice’s argument that it should mean ‘days and […]

National Security Archive: New Documents Detail Industry Efforts to Roll Back Federal Methane Regulations But Maintain Emissions Monitoring System. “The fossil fuel industry is trying to weaken methane reporting requirements while simultaneously fighting to preserve the related federal emissions database it relies on for credibility, according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) […]

AsAmNews: Op-Ed: Closure of 2 National Archive offices will hurt families. “Were my sister not able to retrieve these records of our father and hold them in her hands our families would not know nor understand the scope of his journey nor the depth of his courage in grasping the American Dream. He achieved much of it. And may we build upon it and upon his shoulders. We can do so by keeping […]

City & State NY: Talks underway to settle 9/11 World Trade Center air quality records fight. “Both sides in the long-running legal dispute over the public release of thousands of 9/11 World Trade Center documents generated by New York City during the Giuliani and Bloomberg administrations confirm they are in settlement talks with just a month to go before the 25th anniversary of the attacks.”

StreetsblogMASS: We’ve Been Waiting For Over A Year For Boston to Honor State Public Records Laws. “For the past year and a half, StreetsblogMASS has been waiting for the City of Boston’s public records office to release city emails, calendar appointments, and other documents related to Mayor Wu’s election-year ‘review’ of the city’s transportation projects and policies. But City Hall […]

GPO.gov: GPO Launches Public Access To 1.2 Million Historic Government Records Dating Back To 1895. “The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has launched public access to more than 1.2 million newly available records of historic U.S. Government publications, making it easier than ever to find documents published between 1895 and 1976.”

The Atlantic: Hegseth, Rubio, and Caine Had an Auto-Deleting Signal Chat. This link goes to a gift article. “The new release, which we reviewed, includes 13 Signal chats from the first six months of 2025 that have not been previously reported. The new records are screenshots of Signal groups that mostly lack context about when they were formed and what was discussed. The identities of nearly […]

On 23 June 2026, the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) issued “NARA Notice 2026-037: Closure of NARA Facilities” to all employees.

THEY WANT TO CLOSE
* the National Archives at Chicago/Chicago Federal Records Center (FRC) and
* the National Archives at San Francisco/San Bruno FRC,
* plus move records from the Seattle Federal Records Center.

#NARA #NationalArchives
#USNationalArchives #Records
#RecordsAccess #Geneadons
#GovernmentRecords

@histodons
@genealogy

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/facilities-construction/2026/06/national-archives-to-transition-out-of-three-federal-records-centers/

Cal Matters: California lawmaker rolls back new public records barriers after fierce opposition. “Assemblymember Blanca Pacheco has once again rolled back her controversial proposal to amend California’s public records rules. The Downey Democrat alarmed First Amendment advocates in March when she introduced a measure that would make it more expensive for some people to get public records from […]

RTE: Almost 200,000 Irish historical records released online. “Almost 200,000 historical records have been released online by the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland. The release of 194,000 records will cover seven centuries of Irish history and will make over half a million documents free and permanently available to the public.”

Reuters: US judiciary to hike PACER fees to fund accelerated system upgrade. “The U.S. federal judiciary on Friday said it will temporarily hike fees to download documents from its online court records system known as PACER in order to accelerate the development of a new, more secure case management and public ​access system.”

Voice of OC: State Lawmaker Backs Off Gutting California Public Records Act. “After a slew of organizations representing journalists and government watchdogs opposed a bill looking to gut the state’s public records law, the lawmaker who authored the proposed law is backing down, according to her chief of staff.”

KQED: Exclusive: The Bay Area’s National Archives Office Is Closing. Researchers Are Worried. “The National Archives at San Francisco, located just south of the city in San Bruno, holds more than 75,000 cubic feet of immigration, court and genealogical records, some dating back to before California became an official state. The archival holdings include documents from federal agencies […]

Claire Kluskens (the "Former Subject Matter Expert for Genealogy/Census-Related Records at U.S. National Archives and Records Administration" from her LinkedIn headline) has added a webpage at her website "The Twelve Key" on "NARA News" -

"This page provides links to sources, articles, and webpages with important news about the National Archives and Records Administration."

The notification she emailed to blog subscribers states "It’s important for the genealogical, historical, veteran, and other research communities to follow changes in key personnel and policies at the National Archives and Records Administration. In addition, administrative and legal decisions shape – for good or ill – the records kept for future generations."

She doesn't post a lot, or frequently, but it's always good stuff!

@genealogy @histodons
#USNationalArchives #NARA #AmericanRecords #GovernmentRecords
#MilitaryRecords #Genealogy #Geneadons #FamilyHistory #Archives

https://twelvekey.com/nara-news/

Courthouse News Service: Berkeley professor seeks expedited release of ICE data. “A federal judge questioned Thursday why a law professor needs expedited access to years of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement data as he builds a project tracking immigration and detention trends.”

UK Parliament: A journey into history – Hansard records dating back to 1803 now available online. “Hansard – the official report of Parliament – has added around 130 volumes from the 19th and early 20th centuries to its online database, completing its online archive. The Hansard website now provides users access to debates and proceedings not previously available in digital form.”

Associated Press: How state laws can stymie research into your ancestors’ psychiatric records. “Frustrated family members and others have been pushing for law changes in New York and other states that would allow the release of mental health records of long-dead ancestors. Their efforts have resulted in access policy changes in some states, including Massachusetts and Washington, but […]

Forward Kentucky: Officials can hide texts, emails on private devices from records requests, state Supreme Court rules. “The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday that emails and text messages created by public officials on private devices are not public records, a decision that a dissenting supreme court justice fears could destroy ‘the public’s right to know what its government is doing.'”

Reuters: Historians, watchdog group sue Trump to preserve White House records. “The American Historical Association and ‌American Oversight on Monday asked the federal court in Washington to declare the nearly 50-year-old Presidential Records Act to be lawful ​and to bar federal agencies from relying on the Justice Department’s legal memo that deemed it illegal. The lawsuit also asked the […]

Axios: Exclusive: Trump’s DOJ says he’s not required to turn over official records. “President Trump’s Justice Department has concluded that a federal law requiring presidential records to be turned over to the government is unconstitutional, a senior White House official tells Axios.”

New York State Library: Scanning with FamilySearch. “The NYS Library is working with Family Search International, a global nonprofit genealogy organization, to expand access to some of the New York’s most important ancestry records and historical collections. Since January 2026, Mark and Lynne Hamp, a retired couple from Utah, have been hard at work […]

Maine Morning Star: Maine judicial branch says it will move all courts to online records by February 2027. “Maine’s court system expects to complete its long transition from paper to digital records by next February, according to a press release Thursday from the judicial branch.”

ProPublica: ProPublica Wins Lawsuit Over Access to Court Records in U.S. Navy Cases. “The Navy is no longer allowed to shroud its criminal trials in secrecy and must provide public access to hearings and records, a federal judge ruled last month. The order, the result of a yearslong lawsuit filed by ProPublica, forces the service for the first time to more closely mirror the transparency […]

CalMatters: These public documents are hidden from view. Two California lawmakers want to change that. “Two California lawmakers are trying to open up legislative documents that are technically public records, but difficult for even the most seasoned Capitol insiders to access. The documents are letters registered lobbyists and advocacy groups send the Legislature to support or oppose bills. […]

Tampa Free Press: California’s Epic Record-Keeping Fail: Nearly Half Million Criminal Cases Not Properly Reported. “The Los Angeles County Superior Court quietly disclosed that nearly half a million criminal cases dating back to 1965 were never properly reported to the state due to a ‘technical error.'”

Massachusetts Unseals Records of Abuse of Disabled People in State Institutions

https://murica.website/2026/03/massachusetts-unseals-records-of-abuse-of-disabled-people-in-state-institutions/