FDCA members after January 20, 2015, meeting with Attorney General Karl Racine: (l to r) Bill Rice, retired DC employee; Fynnette Eaton, Eaton Consulting; Andrew Cassidy-Amstutz, Library of Congress and DC Caucus Chair, Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference; Karl Racine; and Trudy Peterson, Archival Consultant and former Acting Archivist of the United States
2016 is an critical year for the Office of Public Records. During the previous year, the architectural team selected to design the new facility for the DC Archives -- Hartman & Cox and EYP -- completed a programming report that laid out the basic requirements for the new building. It established that a building dedicated to the special structural needs of the D.C. Archives was the least expensive and most efficient means of constructing a new building. FDCA will continue to advocate for a new facility that will enable the Office of Public Records to fulfill its functions, but we also will be asking for staffing to implement a records management program, compile inventories of records, and assist with basic reference.
Testimony
FDCA member Bill Rice testifies in front of National Capital Planning Commission on the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, January 7, 2016
FDCA member Barbara Bates submits written testimony to the DC Council Committee of the Whole, February 19, 2016
FDCA Interim Chair Fynnette Eaton testifies in front of the DC Council, Committee on Education, February 23, 2016
FDCA member Bill Rice testifies in front of the DC Council, Committee on Transportation and the Environment, February 25, 2016
Former Acting Archivist of the United States Trudy Peterson submits written testimony to the DC Council, Committee of the Whole, March 6, 2016
Former FOIA Ombudsman Miriam Nisbet testifies in front of the DC Council, Committee of the Whole, March 7, 2016
FDCA member Katharina Hering testifies in front of the DC Council, Committee of the Whole, March 7, 2016
FDCA member Evelyn Wrin testifies in front of the DC Council Committee of the Whole, March 7, 2016
Johanna Bockman, Associate Professor of Sociology, George Mason University, testifies in front of the DC Council, Committee of the Whole, March 7, 2016
AOI President Bill Brown submits written testimony to the DC Council, Committee of the Whole, March 7, 2016
FDCA member Eric Stoykovich submits written testimony to the DC Council, Committee of the Whole, March 7, 2016
FDCA Interim Chair Fynnette Eaton testifies in front of the DC Council, Committee of the Whole, April 11, 2016
FDCA Member Bill Rice testifies in front of DC Council, Committee on Transportation and the Environment, April 22, 2016
2014-2015
Testimony
FDCA member Bill Rice testifies in front of National Capital Planning Commission on the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, January 7, 2016
FDCA member Barbara Bates submits written testimony to the DC Council Committee of the Whole, February 19, 2016
FDCA Interim Chair Fynnette Eaton testifies in front of the DC Council, Committee on Education, February 23, 2016
FDCA member Bill Rice testifies in front of the DC Council, Committee on Transportation and the Environment, February 25, 2016
Former Acting Archivist of the United States Trudy Peterson submits written testimony to the DC Council, Committee of the Whole, March 6, 2016
Former FOIA Ombudsman Miriam Nisbet testifies in front of the DC Council, Committee of the Whole, March 7, 2016
FDCA member Katharina Hering testifies in front of the DC Council, Committee of the Whole, March 7, 2016
FDCA member Evelyn Wrin testifies in front of the DC Council Committee of the Whole, March 7, 2016
Johanna Bockman, Associate Professor of Sociology, George Mason University, testifies in front of the DC Council, Committee of the Whole, March 7, 2016
AOI President Bill Brown submits written testimony to the DC Council, Committee of the Whole, March 7, 2016
FDCA member Eric Stoykovich submits written testimony to the DC Council, Committee of the Whole, March 7, 2016
FDCA Interim Chair Fynnette Eaton testifies in front of the DC Council, Committee of the Whole, April 11, 2016
FDCA Member Bill Rice testifies in front of DC Council, Committee on Transportation and the Environment, April 22, 2016
2014-2015