Electronic Records Challenges and Opportunities

The summary for the Electronic Records Challenges and Opportunities grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the National Archives and Records Administration, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Electronic Records Challenges and Opportunities: The NHPRC seeks ways to ensure that records created today will be usable with tomorrow?s technology. As recordkeeping moves from paper to electronic systems, it is essential that policy makers, managers, and the public create and maintain records that are complete and authentic. The NHPRC supports efforts to confront the challenges facing archivists and records managers in the proliferation of electronic records. Through research, development, analysis and advocacy projects, conferences, consultancies, and other efforts, the Commission works closely with those individuals and organizations concerned with establishing policies, best practices, and tools for the long-term preservation of and access to these records. Commission-supported projects explore what is necessary to manage electronic records in accord with archival requirements. The Commission welcomes projects that examine how software-dependent data objects can be retained for future use; what barriers have prevented archivists from developing and implementing archival electronic records programs; what archivists need to know about electronic records; and other vital questions that make up its electronic records research agenda. This research agenda may be found in the NHPRC publication, Research Issues in Electronic Records, available on the NHPRC Web site or by mail.