Title Unchanged: AC 32.2025
The National Archives and Records Administration's (NARA) Agency Services Bimonthly Records and Information Discussion Group (BRIDG) meeting scheduled for Tuesday, August 12, 2025, has been canceled.
The purpose of these meetings is to facilitate communication, collaboration, and information sharing among federal agency records management staff and NARA personnel. They provide a forum for discussing records and information management practices, addressing questions on scheduling, disposition, and other archival matters, and ensuring consistent application of records management policies.
NARA typically uses such groups to promote understanding of records management requirements and best practices, provide updated guidance on the implementation of records disposition schedules, offer training and support for agency records liaisons and other staff involved in records management, and foster collaboration among agencies and NARA appraisers to improve appraisal and scheduling of federal records.
Although the exact reason for the cancellation of the August 12 meeting is not known, the cancellation does not appear to disrupt the ongoing, structured forum for continuous updates and dialogue on records and information management topics.
For more information about future BRIDG meetings, the reader is advised to visit the NARA's website. The Acting Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government is named William Fischer, but no information was provided on who made the decision to cancel the meeting or when the next BRIDG meeting will be held. The meeting location is also not specified in the text.
[1] National Archives and Records Administration. (n.d.). Agency Services. Retrieved from https://www.archives.gov/agency-services [2] National Archives and Records Administration. (n.d.). Records Management. Retrieved from https://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt
- The canceled BRIDG meeting, despite being a part of the structured forum for discussing policy-and-legislation regarding records and information management, does not seem to hinder the continuity of updates and dialogue on general-news related to these topics.
- On the NARA's website, one can find information about policy-and-legislation and best practices in records management, as well as updates on future sessions of the BRIDG meetings, which play a significant role in politics and the broader category of general-news.
