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{{Organization
|OrganizationName=National Archives and Records Administration
|OrganizationType=Independent Agencies
|Mission=NARA serves as the nation's record keeper, safeguarding and providing public access to the records of the U.S. Government. It ensures these records are available to the public, thereby supporting democracy and the rule of law.
|ParentOrganization=Executive branch
|TopOrganization=Executive branch
|CreationLegislation=National Archives Establishment Act of 1934
|Employees=3000
|Budget=$424 million (Fiscal Year 2023)
|OrganizationExecutive=Archivist of the United States
|Services=Archival services; Records management; Public access to historical documents; Educational programs
|Regulations=Federal Records Act; Presidential Records Act
|HeadquartersLocation=38.89274, -77.02292
|HeadquartersAddress=700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20408
|Website=https://www.archives.gov
}}
{{Short description|United States government agency}}
{{Short description|United States government agency}}
{{Organization
 
|OrganizationName= **National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)**
|OrganizationType= Independent Agencies
|Mission= NARA serves as the nation's record keeper, safeguarding and providing public access to the records of the U.S. Government. It ensures these records are available to the public, thereby supporting democracy and the rule of law.
|OrganizationExecutive= Archivist of the United States
|Employees= 3000
|Budget= $424 million (Fiscal Year 2023)
|Website= https://www.archives.gov
|Services= Archival services; Records management; Public access to historical documents; Educational programs
|ParentOrganization=
|CreationLegislation= National Archives Establishment Act of 1934
|Regulations= Federal Records Act; Presidential Records Act
|HeadquartersLocation= 38.891627, -77.026341
|HeadquartersAddress= 700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20408
}}
{{Infobox government agency
{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name    = National Archives and Records Administration
| agency_name    = National Archives and Records Administration
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A 2022 report by the [[National Security Archive]] revealed that the National Archives budget (when adjusted for inflation) has not increased since 1991 despite the exponential growth of electronic records created by the federal government.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. National Archives' (NARA) Budget: The 30-Year Flatline {{!}} National Security Archive |url=https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/foia-audit/foia/2022-03-11/us-national-archives-nara-budget-30-year-flatline |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=nsarchive.gwu.edu}}</ref>
A 2022 report by the [[National Security Archive]] revealed that the National Archives budget (when adjusted for inflation) has not increased since 1991 despite the exponential growth of electronic records created by the federal government.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. National Archives' (NARA) Budget: The 30-Year Flatline {{!}} National Security Archive |url=https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/foia-audit/foia/2022-03-11/us-national-archives-nara-budget-30-year-flatline |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=nsarchive.gwu.edu}}</ref>
===Trump Administration===
Under the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|first Trump Administration]], the National Archives had significant difficulty maintaining historical records as the President would often rip, flush, and otherwise discard records,<ref>{{Cite news |title='He never stopped ripping things up': Inside Trump's relentless document destruction habits |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/05/trump-ripping-documents/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Broadwater |first=Luke |date=2022-02-12 |title=Trump Flouted Presidential Records Law. Will He Face Consequences? |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/11/us/trump-documents-criminal-law.html |access-date=2023-01-24 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Price |first=Jessica Taylor |date=2022-08-11 |title=Trump's documents are way more than just evidence. They are property of the people |url=https://news.northeastern.edu/2022/08/11/trump-documents/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Northeastern Global News |language=en-US}}</ref> which would then have to be reconstructed and reclaimed by White House and NARA archivists. Additionally, according to multiple former staff, the President would ask to keep certain records that otherwise would be returned.<ref name="TrumpHabitsWithFederalRecords">{{Cite web |url= https://www.politico.com/amp/story/2018/06/10/trump-papers-filing-system-635164 |title= Meet the guys who tape Trump's papers back together |date=June 10, 2018 |last1=Karni |first1=Annie |work=Politico|access-date=August 13, 2022}}</ref><ref name="TrumpTakesRecords">{{Cite web |url= https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-avoided-briefings-flushed-notes-but-asked-for-documents-2022-8 |title= Though Trump had a reputation for avoiding briefings and flushing meeting notes, he would ask officials for documents: 'Can I keep this?' |date=August 13, 2022 |last1= Tangalakis-Lippert |first1=Katherine |work=Business Insider |access-date=August 13, 2022}}</ref>
As part of its role in receiving and authenticating [[United States Electoral College|Electoral College]] votes, the agency intercepted and rejected forged certificates of ascertainment from Trump allies in seven states who were strategizing [[Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election|to overturn the 2020 presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=Zachary Cohen and Marshall Cohen|title=Trump allies' fake Electoral College certificates offer fresh insights about plot to overturn Biden's victory|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/12/politics/trump-overturn-2020-election-fake-electoral-college/index.html|access-date=2022-01-15|website=CNN|date=January 12, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Wu|first=Nicholas|title=Jan. 6 panel ramps up investigation into Trump's state-level pressure|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/10/jan-6-committee-ramps-up-state-level-investigation-526752|access-date=2022-01-15|website=POLITICO|date=January 10, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
Upon leaving office in 2021, [[Donald Trump]] delayed providing material to the National Archives in accordance with the Presidential Records Act. In February 2022, U.S. Attorney General [[Merrick Garland]] announced that the National Archives had notified the [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]] that it found classified documents within boxes provided to them from the former-president [[Donald Trump|Donald Trump's]] residence at [[Mar-a-Lago]].<ref name="NYTimesTrumpArchivesReturn">{{Cite web |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/18/us/politics/trump-archives-white-house.html |title= Material Recovered From Trump by Archives Included Classified Information |date=February 18, 2022 |last1=Broadwater |first1=Luke |last2=Schmidt |first2=Michael |work=The New York Times |access-date=August 13, 2022}}</ref> After further investigation, the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] executed a warrant for a [[FBI search of Mar-a-Lago|search of the residence]] in August 2022.<ref name="NYTimesRaidBackground">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/08/08/us/trump-fbi-raid/from-the-archives-a-look-at-the-inquiry-that-led-to-the-raid-of-trumps-florida-home |title=From the archives: A look at the inquiry that led to the F.B.I. search of Trump's Florida home. |date=August 8, 2022 |last1=Haberman |first1=Maggie |last2=Schmidt |first2=Michael |work=The New York Times |access-date=August 8, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Politi |first1=James |last2=Weaver |first2=Courtney |title=Donald Trump says FBI agents have raided his Mar-a-Lago residence |url=https://www.ft.com/content/68ef537c-b388-4a9f-a621-17e63b044e72 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/68ef537c-b388-4a9f-a621-17e63b044e72 |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |website=Financial Times |date=August 9, 2022 |access-date=9 August 2022}}</ref>


==List of Archivists==
==List of Archivists==
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* In 2006, Denning McTague was sentenced to 15 months in prison and fined $3,000 after stealing 164 documents from the National Archives.<ref>Eve Conant. [http://www.newsweek.com/catch-thief-national-archives-97741 "To Catch a Thief at the National Archives"], ''Newsweek'', May 4, 2007.</ref>
* In 2006, Denning McTague was sentenced to 15 months in prison and fined $3,000 after stealing 164 documents from the National Archives.<ref>Eve Conant. [http://www.newsweek.com/catch-thief-national-archives-97741 "To Catch a Thief at the National Archives"], ''Newsweek'', May 4, 2007.</ref>
* In 2011, Leslie Waffen was sentenced to 18 months in prison after stealing 955 recordings from the National Archives.<ref>Erica W. Morrison. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/leslie-waffen-ex-archives-worker-sentenced-for-stealing-selling-recordings/2012/05/03/gIQAX0f7zT_story.html "Leslie Waffen, ex-Archives worker, sentenced for stealing, selling recordings"], ''The Washington Post'', May 3, 2012</ref>
* In 2011, Leslie Waffen was sentenced to 18 months in prison after stealing 955 recordings from the National Archives.<ref>Erica W. Morrison. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/leslie-waffen-ex-archives-worker-sentenced-for-stealing-selling-recordings/2012/05/03/gIQAX0f7zT_story.html "Leslie Waffen, ex-Archives worker, sentenced for stealing, selling recordings"], ''The Washington Post'', May 3, 2012</ref>
* In 2011, [[Thomas P. Lowry|Thomas Lowry]] was permanently banned from the National Archives after he confessed to altering the date on a presidential pardon signed by [[Abraham Lincoln]].<ref>[https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2011/nr11-57.html "National Archives Discovers Date Change on Lincoln Record"], NARA Press Release</ref>
* In 2011, [[Thomas P. Lowry|Thomas Lowry]] was permanently banned from the National Archives after he confessed to altering the date on a presidential pardon signed by Abraham Lincoln.<ref>[https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2011/nr11-57.html "National Archives Discovers Date Change on Lincoln Record"], NARA Press Release</ref>
* In 2011, [[Barry Landau]] and Jason Savedoff were arrested and sentenced to {{frac|7|1|2}} years in prison for stealing ten thousand documents from the National Archives.<ref>[https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2012/nr12-133.html Barry Landau Sentenced to 7 Years for Thefts From National Archives, Other Institutions], ''NARA Press Release''</ref><ref>[https://www.archives.gov/research/recover/notable-thefts.html "Notable Thefts From The National Archives"], The National Archives Official Website ([https://web.archive.org/web/20170131005323/https://www.archives.gov/research/recover/notable-thefts.html Archived])</ref>
* In 2011, [[Barry Landau]] and Jason Savedoff were arrested and sentenced to {{frac|7|1|2}} years in prison for stealing ten thousand documents from the National Archives.<ref>[https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2012/nr12-133.html Barry Landau Sentenced to 7 Years for Thefts From National Archives, Other Institutions], ''NARA Press Release''</ref><ref>[https://www.archives.gov/research/recover/notable-thefts.html "Notable Thefts From The National Archives"], The National Archives Official Website ([https://web.archive.org/web/20170131005323/https://www.archives.gov/research/recover/notable-thefts.html Archived])</ref>
* In 2018, Antonin DeHays was arrested for multiple thefts of military artifacts and records from the National Archives during the mid to late 2010s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/01/12/historian-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-dog-tags-military-records-from-national-archives/|title=Historian pleads guilty to stealing dog tags, military records from National Archives|last=Panzino|first=Charlsy|date=2018-01-12|website=Army Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-19}}</ref><ref>Nina Strochlic. [https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/national-archives-detective On the Hunt for National Treasures With America's Archive Detective], ''Atlas Obscura'', August 16, 2019.</ref>
* In 2018, Antonin DeHays was arrested for multiple thefts of military artifacts and records from the National Archives during the mid to late 2010s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/01/12/historian-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-dog-tags-military-records-from-national-archives/|title=Historian pleads guilty to stealing dog tags, military records from National Archives|last=Panzino|first=Charlsy|date=2018-01-12|website=Army Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-19}}</ref><ref>Nina Strochlic. [https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/national-archives-detective On the Hunt for National Treasures With America's Archive Detective], ''Atlas Obscura'', August 16, 2019.</ref>
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