July 12, 2019—The SAA Council has approved final revisions to the SAA Code of Conduct and the Equal Opportunity/Non-Discrimination Policy. To read the new versions, visit:

July 9, 2019—During their discussion of SAA's Strategic Plan at the November 2019 meeting, the SAA Council determined that the organization would no longer allow unpaid internships to be posted in the SAA Career Center's Internship Directory. The following changes have been made to the website to make this decision clear to both internship seekers and posters: 

Substantial concern is being raised about recent action by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) regarding the presentation of two sets of records on their website. A collection of speeches and testimonies made by agency leaders was removed in 2017; the record of detainee deaths while in ICE custody remains on the website but is no longer updated. Both types of record are considered permanent by the National Archives and Records Administration and are part of records schedules that are applicable to ICE.

July 8, 2019—The SAA Foundation Board awards grants that meet the mission and goals of the Foundation and/or SAA’s strategic planning priorities. Now in its fourth year of the program, the Foundation is pleased to announce the following awards:

After receiving an overwhelming response to this year’s call for volunteers, former SAA Vice President/President-Elect Michelle Light is pleased to announce the following appointments to SAA groups. With assistance from the 2019 Appointments Committee and consultation with appointed group leaders, Light completed the nearly 100 appointments in May.

June 28, 2019—The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has announced that it is in the final stages of a records scheduling process with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for schedule DAA-0567-2015-0013, Detainee Records. The schedule, which covers records related to deaths of detainees and allegations of sexual assault and abuse of detainees, received a record number of public comments when initially released in 2017.