Richard Cox writes: I urge all archivists to write to the Society of American Archivists to demand that our professional association create an independent body to look into what is going on in this case, as well as reconsider how NARA can be strengthened as an archival agency in this era of growing government secrecy. The National Coalition for History has been urging much more visible Congressional oversight of NARA for a long time and indicates that the Allen Weinstein would welcome that. I think it would be in NARA's interest to receive more such high-visibility Congressional oversight. So perhaps we should be voicing our interests in NARA's well being to our Congressmen and its TTHUD committee that we were urged to contact in support of NHPRC's budget. Regards, Rick Rick Barry _www.mybestdocs.com_ (http://www.mybestdocs.com/) Cofounder, Open Reader Consortium _www.openreader.org_ (http://www.openreader.org/) A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>