National_Archives_and_Records_Administration

context: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records and with increasing public access to those documents, which comprise the National Archives. NARA is officially responsible for maintaining and publishing the legally authentic and authoritative copies of acts of Congress, presidential proclamations and executive orders, and federal regulations. The NARA also transmits votes of the Electoral College to Congress.
qas: answers: text: National Archives
question: NARA is responsible for what collection of archives?

answers: text: National Archives and Records Administration
question: What independent agency preserves the original copy of executive orders?

context: The Archivist of the United States is the chief official overseeing the operation of the National Archives and Records Administration. The Archivist not only maintains the official documentation of the passage of amendments to the U.S. Constitution by state legislatures, but has the authority to declare when the constitutional threshold for passage has been reached, and therefore when an act has become an amendment.
qas: answers: text: The Archivist
question: What is the official that oversees the operation of NARA?

answers: text: The Archivist
question: What member of NARA has the ability to declare when the constitutional threshold of passage has ocurred?

context: The Office of the Federal Register publishes the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, and United States Statutes at Large, among others. It also administers the Electoral College.
qas: answers: text: The Office of the Federal Register
question: What office publishes the Federal Register?

answers: text: The Office of the Federal Register
question: What office administers the Electoral College?

answers: text: The Office of the Federal Register
question: Which office publishes the Code of Federal Regulations?

answers: text: The Office of the Federal Register
question: Which office publishes the United States Statutes at Large?

context: The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)—the agency's grant-making arm—awards funds to state and local governments, public and private archives, colleges and universities, and other nonprofit organizations to preserve and publish historical records. Since 1964, the NHPRC has awarded some 4,500 grants.
qas: answers: text: The National Historical Publications and Records Commission
question: Which arm of NARA handles grants?

answers: text: 1964
question: What year was The National Historical Publications and Records Commission established?

answers: text: 4,500
question: About how many grants has the NHPRC awarded?

context: The Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) is a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) resource for the public and the government. Congress has charged NARA with reviewing FOIA policies, procedures and compliance of Federal agencies and to recommend changes to FOIA. NARA's mission also includes resolving FOIA disputes between Federal agencies and requesters.
qas: answers: text: FOIA
question: OGIS provides what resource for the government and public?

answers: text: FOIA disputes
question: What type of dispute does NARA typically resolve?

answers: text: FOIA policies
question: NARA is ordered by congress to review what type of policies?

answers: text: changes to FOIA
question: What types of recommendations does NARA provide to congress?

context: Originally, each branch and agency of the U.S. government was responsible for maintaining its own documents, which often resulted in records loss and destruction. Congress established the National Archives Establishment in 1934 to centralize federal record keeping, with the Archivist of the United States as chief administrator. The National Archives was incorporated with GSA in 1949; in 1985 it became an independent agency as NARA (National Archives and Records Administration).
qas: answers: text: 1934
question: What year was the National Archives Establishment established in?

answers: text: 1985
question: In what year did NARA become an independent agency?

answers: text: 1949
question: In what year was The National Archives merged with GSA?

context: The first Archivist, R.D.W. Connor, began serving in 1934, when the National Archives was established by Congress. As a result of a first Hoover Commission recommendation, in 1949 the National Archives was placed within the newly formed General Services Administration (GSA). The Archivist served as a subordinate official to the GSA Administrator until the National Archives and Records Administration became an independent agency on April 1, 1985.
qas: answers: text: R.D.W. Connor
question: Who was the first Archivist at the National Archives?

answers: text: 1934
question: When did the first Archivist start at the National Archives?

answers: text: Congress
question: What branch of the US government established the National Archives?

answers: text: Hoover Commission
question: What commission merged the National Archives with GSA?

answers: text: subordinate official
question: The Archivist took on what role after the incorporation of the Nation Archives into GSA?

context: In March 2006, it was revealed by the Archivist of the United States in a public hearing that a memorandum of understanding between NARA and various government agencies existed to "reclassify", i.e., withdraw from public access, certain documents in the name of national security, and to do so in a manner such that researchers would not be likely to discover the process (the U.S. reclassification program). An audit indicated that more than one third withdrawn since 1999 did not contain sensitive information. The program was originally scheduled to end in 2007.
qas: answers: text: 2007
question: When was the reclassification program originally intended to end?

answers: text: public hearing
question: How was the reclassification of documents in '06 revealed?

context: In 2010, Executive Order 13526 created the National Declassification Center to coordinate declassification practices across agencies, provide secure document services to other agencies, and review records in NARA custody for declassification.
qas: answers: text: 2010
question: What year was Executive Order 13526 created?

answers: text: Executive Order 13526
question: What Executive order created the National Declassification Center?

answers: text: coordinate declassification practices
question: What was the aim of Executive Order 13526?

context: NARA's holdings are classed into "record groups" reflecting the governmental department or agency from which they originated. Records include paper documents, microfilm, still pictures, motion pictures, and electronic media.
qas: answers: text: record groups
question: What types of groups are NARA's holdings classified into?

answers: text: governmental department or agency
question: Each record group is classified based on what?

answers: text: documents
question: Besides films and other non-static media, what type of media is classified into a group?

answers: text: microfilm
question: Besides the general media and motion picture categories, which category contains media that is not static?

context: Archival descriptions of the permanent holdings of the federal government in the custody of NARA are stored in Archival Research Catalog (ARC). The archival descriptions include information on traditional paper holdings, electronic records, and artifacts. As of December 2012, the catalog consisted of about 10 billion logical data records describing 527,000 artifacts and encompassing 81% of NARA's records. There are also 922,000 digital copies of already digitized materials.
qas: answers: text: Archival Research Catalog (ARC)
question: Where are archival descriptions of holdings under the custody of NARA stored?

answers: text: 10 billion
question: As of the end mid December of 2012, how many logical data records are stored at NARA?

answers: text: 922,000
question: How many digital copies of previously digitized materials were there in December of 2012?

answers: text: artifacts
question: Archival descriptions include traditional paper holdings, electron records, and what?

answers: text: 527,000
question: The 10 billion logical data records are linked to how many artifacts?

context: Most records at NARA are in the public domain, as works of the federal government are excluded from copyright protection. However, records from other sources may still be protected by copyright or donor agreements. Executive Order 13526 directs originating agencies to declassify documents if possible before shipment to NARA for long-term storage, but NARA also stores some classified documents until they can be declassified. Its Information Security Oversight Office monitors and sets policy for the U.S. government's security classification system.
qas: answers: text: public domain
question: Most of NARA's holdings are available to sector?

answers: text: copyright
question: Federal government works are excluded from what legal protection?

answers: text: copyright
question: Some records at NARA are legally protected by what?

answers: text: Executive Order 13526
question: What executive order directs agencies to declassify documents before sending them to NARA?

answers: text: Information Security Oversight Office
question: What office of NARA oversees the declassification of classified materials?

context: Many of NARA's most requested records are frequently used for genealogy research. This includes census records from 1790 to 1930, ships' passenger lists, and naturalization records.
qas: answers: text: naturalization records
question: Besides census records and passenger lists, what NARA documents are particularly useful to genealogists?

answers: text: 1790 to 1930
question: For what time period does NARA have census records available for?

context: The National Archives Building, known informally as Archives I, located north of the National Mall on Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C., opened as its original headquarters in 1935. It holds the original copies of the three main formative documents of the United States and its government: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. It also hosts a copy of the 1297 Magna Carta confirmed by Edward I. These are displayed to the public in the main chamber of the National Archives, which is called the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom. The National Archives Building also exhibits other important American historical documents such as the Louisiana Purchase Treaty, the Emancipation Proclamation, and collections of photography and other historically and culturally significant American artifacts.
qas: answers: text: Archives I
question: What is the informal name of The National Archives Building?

answers: text: Constitution Avenue
question: On what street is the The National Archives Building located?

answers: text: The National Archives Building
question: Where is the Declaration of Independence kept?

answers: text: main chamber
question: Where in the National Archives can you view a copy of the Magna Carta?

answers: text: The National Archives Building
question: Where is the Louisiana Purchase Treaty kept?

context: Once inside the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom, there are no lines to see the individual documents and visitors are allowed to walk from document to document as they wish. For over 30 years the National Archives have forbidden flash photography but the advent of cameras with automatic flashes have made the rules increasingly difficult to enforce. As a result, all filming, photographing, and videotaping by the public in the exhibition areas has been prohibited since February 25, 2010.
qas: answers: text: February 25, 2010
question: Since when has all filming and photography in the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom been banned?

answers: text: over 30 years
question: For how long has the National Archives prohibited flash photography?

answers: text: no lines
question: What is an aspect of a visit to the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom?

answers: text: advent of cameras with automatic flashes
question: What has made the no photography rule hard to enforce in the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom?

context: Because of space constraints, NARA opened a second facility, known informally as Archives II, in 1994 near the University of Maryland, College Park campus (8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001). Largely because of this proximity, NARA and the University of Maryland engage in cooperative initiatives. The College Park campus includes an archaeological site that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
qas: answers: text: Archives II
question: What is the second facility of NARA named?

answers: text: 1994
question: When was Archives II opened?

answers: text: University of Maryland
question: What college is Archives II closest to?

answers: text: University of Maryland
question: What college does NARA have cooperatives initiatives with?

answers: text: College Park campus
question: What campus of University of Maryland is listed on the National Register of Historic Places?

context: The Washington National Records Center (WNRC), located in Suitland, Maryland is a large warehouse type facility which stores federal records which are still under the control of the creating agency. Federal government agencies pay a yearly fee for storage at the facility. In accordance with federal records schedules, documents at WNRC are transferred to the legal custody of the National Archives after a certain point (this usually involves a relocation of the records to College Park). Temporary records at WNRC are either retained for a fee or destroyed after retention times has elapsed. WNRC also offers research services and maintains a small research room.
qas: answers: text: Suitland, Maryland
question: Where is The Washington National Records Center located?

answers: text: federal records
question: What does The Washington National Records Center primarily store?

answers: text: the National Archives
question: After staying at the WNRC, where are records transferred to?

answers: text: destroyed
question: What happens to temporary records at the WNRC if they are not retrieved by the end of the retention times?

answers: text: research
question: Beyond the storage of federal records, what service does the WNRC provide?

context: The National Archives Building in downtown Washington holds record collections such as all existing federal census records, ships' passenger lists, military unit records from the American Revolution to the Philippine–American War, records of the Confederate government, the Freedmen's Bureau records, and pension and land records.
qas: answers: text: downtown Washington
question: Where is the National Archives Building located?

answers: text: all
question: What proportion of the federal census records in existence does the National Archives Building house?

answers: text: Philippine–American War
question: What's the latest war The National Archives Building has military unit records for?

answers: text: American Revolution
question: What's the earliest war The National Archives Building has military unit records for

context: There are facilities across the country with research rooms, archival holdings, and microfilms of documents of federal agencies and courts pertinent to each region.
qas: answers: text: documents of federal agencies and courts pertinent to each region
question: What do the facilities designated to each area of the US specialize in?

answers: text: facilities across the country
question: Microfilms of documents from federal agencies can be found where?

context: In addition, Federal Records Centers exist in each region that house materials owned by Federal agencies. Federal Records Centers are not open for public research. For example, the FRC in Lenexa, Kansas holds items from the treatment of John F. Kennedy after his fatal shooting in 1963.
qas: answers: text: Federal Records Centers
question: Where are some of the items relevant to JFKs medical treatments housed?

answers: text: public
question: Federal Records Centers are particularly unhelpful to what type of research?

answers: text: FRC in Lenexa, Kansas
question: Which Federal Records Center houses materials relevant to JFKs assassination? 

answers: text: 1963
question: When was JFK shot?

context: NARA also maintains the Presidential Library system, a nationwide network of libraries for preserving and making available the documents of U.S. presidents since Herbert Hoover. The Presidential Libraries include:
qas: answers: text: NARA
question: What agency maintains the Presidential Library system?

answers: text: Presidential Library system
question: What is the system that preserves the documents of US Presidents?

answers: text: Herbert Hoover
question: Who is the earliest President that is represented in the archives of the Presidential Library system?

answers: text: nationwide
question: In what area of the US can one find the Presidential Library system libraries?

context: Libraries and museums have been established for other presidents, but they are not part of the NARA presidential library system, and are operated by private foundations, historical societies, or state governments, including the Abraham Lincoln, Rutherford B. Hayes, William McKinley, Woodrow Wilson and Calvin Coolidge libraries. For example, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is owned and operated by the state of Illinois.
qas: answers: text: state governments
question: Libraries that are established for other presidents are operated by private foundations, historical societies, and what government entities?

answers: text: Illinois
question: What state operates the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library?

answers: text: Abraham Lincoln
question: What is the earliest President that NARA does not hold records for in its presidential library system?

answers: text: state
question: Abraham Lincoln's Presidential Library and Museum is operated by what type of entity?

context: In an effort to make its holdings more widely available and more easily accessible, the National Archives began entering into public–private partnerships in 2006. A joint venture with Google will digitize and offer NARA video online. When announcing the agreement, Archivist Allen Weinstein said that this pilot program is
qas: answers: text: 2006
question: In what year did the National Archives make strides towards making its holdings more widely available?

answers: text: Google
question: What large internet company has partnered with NARA to digitize records?

answers: text: Allen Weinstein
question: What Archivist announced the partnership with Google?

answers: text: digitize and offer NARA video online
question: What is Google helping NARA with?

answers: text: to make its holdings more widely available
question: What is the aim of NARA in entering public-private partnerships?

context: On January 10, 2007, the National Archives and Fold3.com (formerly Footnote) launched a pilot project to digitize historic documents from the National Archives holdings. Allen Weinstein explained that this partnership would "allow much greater access to approximately 4.5 million pages of important documents that are currently available only in their original format or on microfilm" and "would also enhance NARA's efforts to preserve its original records."
qas: answers: text: Fold3.com
question: In January of 2007, what internet company did the National Archives partner with?

answers: text: to digitize historic documents from the National Archives holdings
question: What was the aim of the partnership with Fold3.com?

answers: text: Allen Weinstein
question: What Archivist announced the partnership with Fold3?

answers: text: much greater access
question: Of all the benefits of the partnership with Fold3, what benefited the public at large the most?

answers: text: enhance NARA's efforts to preserve its original records
question: What direct benefit did NARA itself gain from the partnership with Fold3?

context: In July 2007, the National Archives announced it would make its collection of Universal Newsreels from 1929 to 1967 available for purchase through CreateSpace, an Amazon.com subsidiary. During the announcement, Weinstein noted that the agreement would "... reap major benefits for the public-at-large and for the National Archives." Adding, "While the public can come to our College Park, MD research room to view films and even copy them at no charge, this new program will make our holdings much more accessible to millions of people who cannot travel to the Washington, DC area." The agreement also calls for CreateSpace partnership to provide the National Archives with digital reference and preservation copies of the films as part of NARA's preservation program.
qas: answers: text: 2007
question: In what year did the National Archives announce that it would make its collection of Universal Newsreels available for purchase online?

answers: text: CreateSpace
question: What company did the National Archives partner with make it's Universal Newsreels available online?

answers: text: 1929
question: Universal Newsreels dated from which year up to 1967 were made available through CreateSpace?

context: In May 2008, the National Archives announced a five-year agreement to digitize selected records including the complete U.S. Federal Census Collection, 1790–1930, passenger lists from 1820–1960 and WWI and WWII draft registration cards. The partnership agreement allows for exclusive use of the digitized records by Ancestry.com for a 5-year embargo period at which point the digital records will be turned over to the National Archives.
qas: answers: text: digitize selected records including the complete U.S. Federal Census Collection
question: What did the National Archives announce in May of 2008?

answers: text: Ancestry.com
question: Which genealogy website benefits by the May 2008 announcement?

answers: text: turned over to the National Archives
question: What happens after the 5 year embargo that allows Ancestry.com exclusive use of digitized records?

context: On June 18, 2009, the National Archives announced the launching of a YouTube channel "to showcase popular archived films, inform the public about upcoming events around the country, and bring National Archives exhibits to the people." Also in 2009, the National Archives launched a Flickr photostream to share portions of its photographic holdings with the general public. A new teaching with documents website premiered in 2010 and was developed by the education team. The website features 3,000 documents, images, and recordings from the holdings of the Archives. The site also features lesson plans and tools for creating new classroom activities and lessons.
qas: answers: text: YouTube
question: Which Google affiliated website did the National Archives decide to use in 2009?

answers: text: showcase popular archived films
question: What purpose does the National Archive YouTube channel serve?

answers: text: Flickr
question: What online service did the National Archives decide to use to showcase its photographic holdings?

answers: text: 2010
question: The National Archives' educational team created a website in what year?

context: In 2011 the National Archives initiated a Wikiproject on the English Wikipedia to expand collaboration in making its holdings widely available through Wikimedia.
qas: answers: text: Wikiproject
question: In 2011, what sort of Wikipedia addition did the National Archives make?

answers: text: expand collaboration
question: What was the purpose of creating a Wikiproject?

answers: text: National Archives
question: Whose idea was it for the National Archives to work with Wikimedia?

answers: text: holdings widely available
question: What benefit does public reap from the National Archives working with Wikimedia?

answers: text: English
question: Which language was the Wikiproject primarily created in?