AC 08.2013

November 21, 2012

MEMORANDUM TO FEDERAL AGENCY CONTACTS: Logistics for November 28, 2012 Meeting of Senior Agency Officials - Managing Government Records Directive

The Archivist of the United States will convene the first of periodic meetings of Senior Agency Officials (SAOs) in response to the Managing Government Records Directive. The meeting will be held on November 28, 2012 at the National Archives and Records Administration downtown building, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (Metrorail's Yellow or Green lines to the Archives/Navy Memorial station) in the McGowan Theater. Please enter on the Constitution Avenue side of the building, the "Special Events" entrance (which is actually the exit for the general public).

The meeting will run from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the McGowan Theater (basement level). We will outline our progress and plans for the upcoming months and years to implement the goals of the Directive. Also, we will further discuss the roles, expectations, and responsibilities of the designated SAO. NARA will make a recording of this meeting available via UStream and will send out the link following the meeting.

As a reminder, please send your agency's SAO designation to PRMD@nara.gov as soon as possible if you had not done so.  Please include agency represented, name of senior official, position title, office address, email address, and telephone number.

Please RSVP to PRMD@nara.gov for the meeting no later than November 26, 2012. If you have any questions please contact Preston Huff, PMO (Project Management Office) Head at 817-551-2001 or send an email to PRMD@nara.gov. We look forward to meeting with you on November 28th.

PAUL M. WESTER, JR.
Chief Records Officer for the
U.S. Government