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Special Topics:
International Relief for Haitian Cultural Heritage
Tragedy in Cologne
Hurricane Katrina Recovery Information
Iraqi Archives
Intellectual Property & Access

February 2010

• International Relief for Haitian Cultural Heritage
• Council Wrap Up
• Drexel University Forms SAA Student Chapter

January 2010

• SAA's Letter to ALA Regarding Traditional Cultural Expressions

December 2009

• Archival Haiku
• "Make an Impact!" Contest Winners

November 2009

• FY 2009 Annual Report
• Voting Is Now Open for the Make an Impact! Contest

October 2009

• Archivist of U.S. Nominee Seeks Confirmation
• Apply Now for Scholarship to MAI
• 2010 Election Slate
• Call for Student Paper and Poster Presentations

September 2009

• 1990s Issues added to American Archivist Online
• Archivist of U.S. Nominee Seeks Confirmation
• Get Involved! A Call to Service in SAA
• The Interactive Archivist: Case Studies in Utilizing Web 2.0 to Improve the Archival Experience

August 2009

• Check Out These AUSTIN 2009 Materials!
• Wanted: American Archivist Reviews Editor
• Four new SAA Fellows, 16 Award Winners Honored at AUSTIN 2009
• Explore the 2009 Research Forum Presentations

June 2009

• DC 2010 Call for Proposals and Pre-conference Workshops
• Janet Ceja and Harrison Inefuku Awarded Mosaic Scholarships
• Follow SAA on Facebook and Twitter

May 2009

• New and improved Online Career Center
• Entire Run of American Archivist to be Online this Fall
• American Archivist in JSTOR
• PAHR Bill Re-introduced in US House
• What Did You Do to “Save Our Archives”?

April 2009

• 2009 SAA Election Results
• SAA Submits Comments on Alternative Models for Presidential Libraries
• Read the Minutes of February Council Meeting

March 2009

• Enforcing Ethics
• NARA Seeks Comments on Access to Presidential Records
• Shine a Light on It
• Tragedy in Cologne
• PAHR Bill to be Re-introduced in US House
• Vote Now in SAA’s 2009 Election!

February 2009

• New C&U Thesaurus Online

January 2009

• White House Issues Memorandum on FOIA
• President Obama Revokes Bush Executive Order on Presidential Records
• SAA Membership Reaches Yet Another All-Time High
• Seven Tips to Preserve Your Piece of History
• 2009 Emmett Leahy Award
• A Call to Service in SAA

December 2008

• A New Archivist of the United States: Qualities of a Successful Candidate
• Nominations Wanted! SAA Awards, Fellow, and Scholarships
• National Archivist Allen Weinstein Resigns

November 2008

• Newly Established Mosaic Scholarship Now Available

October 2008

• Disaster Fund Grant Awarded to Rosenberg Library
• SAA 2008 Annual Report
• Call for Comments for Draft Statement on Access

September 2008

• Explore the 2008 Research Forum Presentations
• ARCHIVES 2008 a Sell Out!
• National Disaster Recovery Fund for Archives
• 2008 Ham Scholarships Awarded

August 2008

• OPEN Government Act Passes Congress; SAA Calls for Cleanup

June 2008

• Emergency Support for Midwest Flooding
• Be a part of a Delegation of American Archivists in China
• Free Download of Archival Classic by Jenkinson
• NHPRC Funding Bill Needs Senate Approval to Stay Alive

May 2008

• Web Portal Created for Case Studies on University Digital Records

April 2008

• SAA Election Results In
• SAA/ACA Joint Statement on Iraqi Records
• Launch of American Archivist Online

March 2008

• Request for Proposals — Advocacy Case Studies
• Launch of American Archivist Online
• SAA 2008 Election

February 2008

• New Skills for a Digital Era
• Highlights of February 7-9 Council Meeting

January 2008

• California Court Rules on Defamation and Oral History
• "Access to Archives: The Japanese and American Practices"

December 2007

• Preserving the American Historical Record
• Emmett Leahy Award Nominations Sought

November 2007

• SAA Urges Congress to Reconsider "HIPSA" Provisions
• Comment Sought on Native American Protocols Document
• Election 2008: 14 Members Stand for Office
• Best Elevator Speech Contest Winner
• 2008 Awards Competition and Fellows Nominations

October 2007

• Membership Hits Record 5,000!
• Tell Senator Bunning to Stop Blocking the Presidential Records Bill
• Pratt Institute Becomes 28th SAA Student Chapter
• SAA 2007 Annual Report

August 2007

• SAA Reaches Out to Iraq National Archives
• ALA/SAA Joint Statement on Access Review Task Force
• Members Approve Dues Increase, Enhanced Institutional Membership Benefits
• ARCHIVES/CHICAGO 2007: Thinking BIG!

June 2007

• Archivists Are “New Macho Heroes of Washington”
• Ask the Senate to Fund NHPRC!

May 2007

• Emmett Leahy Award Nominations Invited
• New Student Chapter at East Tennessee State University

April 2007

• Boles Elected to SAA Vice Presidency
• SAA remembers a long-time member, mentor, and friend, Robert M. Warner
• NHPRC Funding Zeroed Out for FY2008; Take Action Now to Save NHPRC!
• The National Coalition for History launches new website
• Guantanamo Detainee Records May Be in Jeopardy; SAA and Others Seek Clarification
• NY Times Baghdad Day to Day: Librarian’s Journal
• NY Times Publishes Adkins Letter on Kaczynski Papers

March 2007

• "Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007" Passes House

November 2006

• Archival Continuing Education (ACE) Guidelines
• Letter to Congress Regarding Smithsonian/Showtime Agreement

September 2006

• Resolution of Commendation from the Greater New Orleans Archivists
• NARA Research Room Hours Change
• SAA 2006 Annual Report
• Statement Deplores Destruction of Palestinian Cultural Property

April 2006

• Letter to U.S. Archivist Allen Weinstein Regarding Reclassification of Records
• Greene Elected to SAA Vice Presidency
• SAA Submits Testimony on NHPRC Funding
• And in Other Advocacy Efforts..

November 2005

• Congress Funds NARA at New Level; NHPRC to Receive $7.5 Million
• Documenting the Response to the Hurricanes

October 2005

• Mary Jo Pugh Named Editor of the American Archivist
• SAA 2005 Annual Report

September 2005

• Hurricane Katrina Recovery Information
• Documenting the Response to the Hurricanes
• Saving History from a Hurricane (Christian Science Monitor, 9/28/05)
• Report of Hurricane Katrina Damage Assessment (PDF)
• Responding to Hurricane Katrina: Report from Mississippi (September 21, 2005)
• Responding to Hurricane Katrina: Team to Visit Mississippi (September 17, 2005)
• SAA, CoSA, NAGARA,COSLA and ACA Issue Joint Statement on Hurricane Relief
• An Open Letter to Louisiana Gov. Blanco Regarding Hurricane Katrina and Archival Records
• Updates from SAA Preservation Section Chair Gregor Trinkaus-Randall on Recovery Efforts

June 2005

• House Appropriations Committee Restores NHPRC Funding; Next Step Is Senate! (June 21)
• House Subcommittee Restores NHPRC Funding; Next Step Is Senate! (June 15)

May 2005

• Appeals Court Sides with Cheney in FOIA Case
• Update on Efforts to Save NHPRC Funding for FY06

April 2005

• Providing Public Testimony on NHPRC
• Update on Efforts to Save NHPRC Funding for FY06
• Adkins Elected to SAA Vice Presidency

February 2005

• Society of American Archivists Congratulates New NARA Head, Calls for Due Process in Future Archivist of the United States Appointments
• NHPRC Budget Zeroed Out for FY2006!
• NARA Press Release: President Proposes Tight FY 2006 Budget for the National Archives

November 2004

• Public Interest Groups Call for "Cheney Log" to Balance Access, Confidentiality Concerns
• Background to Cheney Supreme Court Case

September 2004

• Fraudulent SAA Web Site
• SAA Joins in International Intellectual Property Declaration

July 2004

• SAA Provides Statement for Record at Weinstein Hearing
• SAA Statement: Renewal of the USA PATRIOT Act
• Joint Statement: “Sale of Historical Public Records on eBay”
• Comments Sought on Proposed Revision to SAA Code of Ethics

May 2004

• 2004 Ballot Results (PDF)

March 2004

• A Call to Service in Your Professional Association
• Press Release: The U. S. Supreme Court Asked to Reject the Government's Claim That it May Conduct the Public's Business in Secret

February 2004

• US News & World Report Publishes Letter from SAA Vice President Rand Jimerson

January 2004

• Call for 2004-2005 NHPRC Fellowship in Archival Administration
• Archivists Challenge DC Mayor to Fund Municipal Archives Cleanup

December 2003

• 2004 Slate of Candidates: Elizabeth Adkins and Richard Pearce-Moses Vie for Presidency

October 2003

• A Glass Half Full: US News & World Report Publishes Letter from SAA President Tim Ericson
• Critical Archival Funding at Risk! Take Action Now!

August 2003

• NHPRC Seeks Host Institution for 2004-2005 NHPRC Fellowship in Archival Administration

May 2003

• SAA Members Are Invited to the First Conference on Latino/Hispanic Film, Print and Sound Archives
• Nancy Perkin Beaumont Appointed Executive Director of SAA

April 2003

• Statement on Iraqi Archives
• SAA 2003 Election Results

March 2003

• Bush Issues New Secrecy Executive Order
• A Call to Service in Your Professional Association
• Paul Duguid and David Rumsey to Speak at SAA 2003 Annual Meeting

February 2003

• Archival Association Leadership Listserv (AALL) Established to Facilitate Communication Among U.S. Archival Organizations

January 2003

• NHPRC Issues Call for 2003-2004 NHPRC Fellowship in Archival Administration

October 2002

• Bernice Brack Memorial Service at the King Center in Atlanta on Tuesday, Nov. 26
• A Tribute to Archie Motley and Bernice Brack from Former SAA Presidents Steve Hensen and J. Frank Cook
• SAA Interim Executive Co-Directors Appointed

September 2002

• Comments by the Society of American Archivists on NARA's "Proposal for a Redesign of Federal Records Management"

August 2002

• NHPRC Issues Call for Host Institution Applications for 2003-2004 NHPRC Fellowship in Archival Administration

July 2002

• NHPRC Reissues call for 2002-2003 Fellowship in Archival Administration

May 2002

• First NHPRC Archival Research Fellowships Awarded
• Statement of Principles for the CUSTARD Project

March 2002

• Pres. Steven Hensen's Letter to Rep. Horn
• Executive Order Action Alert

February 2002

• Wanted: SAA Annual Meeting Assistant
• Statement Before NY City Council's Committee on Government Operations on the Matter of Rudolph Giuliani's Mayoral Records
• Statement Delivered at the Giuliani Papers Press Conference
• ECURE 2002 Conference Call for Proposals

January 2002

• SAA Response to NARA Advanced Notice on Proposed Rulemaking on Electronic Records (PDF format)

December 2001

• Task Force on Electronic Publishing Established
• SAA and Others Question Constitutionality of Copyright Term Extension
• SAA President Steve Hensen's editorial, "The President's Papers Are the People's Business," published in The Washington Post, Sunday, December 16, 2001
• Apply for NHPRC Fellowship in Archival Administration

November 2001

• Call to Action on Executive Order 13233
• SAA responds to Executive Order 13233 on Presidential Papers

September 2001

• A Special Message from SAA's President in Response to the Tragic Events of Tuesday, September 11, 2001
• National Task Force on Emergency Response

October 2001

• Experts Address e-Records Legal Issues (ECURE 2001 Conference)
• Colonial Dames Scholarship to Jan/Feb 2002 Modern Archives Institute

June 2001

• NHPRC Seeks Host Institution for 2002-2003 for NHPRC Fellowship in Archival Administration
• New archival research fellowship program funded

April 2001

• SAA 2001 Ballot Results
• Don't Fold Up: Responding to Nicholson Baker's Double Fold  by Richard J. Cox

February 2001

• NHPRC Suspends Fellowships

September 2000:

• American Archivist Errata
• Hot Off the Press! American Archival Studies: Readings in Theory and Practice

May 2000:

• SAA 2000 Ballot Results

April 2000:

• Adam's Mark Hotel Chain Settles Lawsuit
• 2000-2001 SAA Membership Directory Begins Production

March 2000:

• Latest Issue of American Archivist Now Available
• Update on the Adam's Mark Hotel from SAA President Hickerson
• Report Brings Archival Perspective to Problems in Managing Digital Information
• "Public Domain" Meeting Report

February 2000:

• President H. Thomas Hickerson Re: Adam's Mark Hotel Chain

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