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Visual Cues and Clues: Picking the Right Record Group for Still Pictures

Unwritten Record

This photo likely served as a record of the operation of aircrafts either during wartime or during training. This photograph is difficult to say definitively that it was taken by a US Government agency because the subject matter can also be related to private, commercial efforts. Guess the Record Group? Guess the Record Group?

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Congress Passes Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022

Data Matters

The reporting requirements will cover multiple sectors of the economy, including chemical industry entities, commercial facilities, communications sector entities, critical manufacturing, dams, financial services entities, food and agriculture sector entities, healthcare entities, information technology, energy, and transportation.

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The Wright Military Flyer Soars on Celluloid: Uncovering the Story of Our Oldest Government Film

Unwritten Record

In a recent investigation, my NARA Motion Picture Preservation Lab colleague Audrey Amidon and I pieced together the fascinating story of this film and definitively identified footage shot in both years, with the oldest captured in September 1908. Selfridge and gravely injured Orville Wright. 1 toward obsolescence.