National_Archives_and_Records_Administration

qas: question: NARA is responsible for what collection of archives?
answers: text: National Archives

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

question: What is Congress responsible for preserving?

question: What kind of agency is The Electoral College?

question: What types of documents does Congress preserve?

question: What does Congress usually do when they deliberate a bill?

question: Where is the public not legally allowed to vote?
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: 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?
answers: text: The Archivist

question: What do state legislatures oversee the operation of?

question: What kind of documentation is maintained by the state legislatures?

question: What authority do the state legislatures have?

question: What do state legislatures decide about acts?

question: What is the title used by state legislatures when overseeing  NARA?
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: 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?
answers: text: The Office of the Federal Register

question: What does the Electoral College publish?

question: What code is the Electoral College responsible for?

question: What statutes does the Electoral College publish?

question: Does the Electoral College only publish the US Statutes at Large only or are there others?

question: What office does the Electoral College administer?
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: question: Which arm of NARA handles grants?
answers: text: The National Historical Publications and Records Commission

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

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

question: In what year did public and private archives begin taking grants?

question: How many grants are awarded by the government annually?

question: How many colleges and universities award grants to students each year?

question: In 1964 what was the focus of curriculum in history classes? 

question: What do many nonprofit organizations take part in to support students?
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: question: OGIS provides what resource for the government and public?
answers: text: FOIA

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

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

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

question: What types of disputes do Federal agencies usually solve?

question: What type of policies does NARA have Congress review annually?

question: What does NARA have Congress also recommend if needed?

question: What groups does Congress make itself a resource for?

question: What groups does the public make sure are in compliance with FOIA?
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: question: What year was the National Archives Establishment established in?
answers: text: 1934

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

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

question: What did NARA establish in 1934?

question: Why did NARA establish the National Archives in 1934?

question: Who is the head of NARA?

question: What happened originally when the GSA was responsible for maintaining documents?

question: What was the chief administrator incorporated with in 1949?
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: question: Who was the first Archivist at the National Archives?
answers: text: R.D.W. Connor

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

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

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

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

question: Who began serving on April 1, 1985?

question: What was Hoover's profession in 1934?

question: Was Hoover one of many Archivists or was he the first?

question: In what year did Hoover become President?

question: What was established by the GSA in 1949?
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: question: When was the reclassification program originally intended to end?
answers: text: 2007

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

question: In what year was the Archivist of the US hired?

question: In what year was the reclassification program created?

question: What did the Archivist of the US and researchers have between them?

question: What did the Archivist and researchers plan to withdraw in the name of national security?

question: Would NARA be likely to find out about the researchers reclassification program?
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: question: What year was Executive Order 13526 created?
answers: text: 2010

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

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

question: In what year was NARA created?

question: What is the number of the order written by NARA to declassify documents?

question: What is the main focus of NARA's efforts?

question: What other responsibilities does NARA have?

question: What groups does NARA oversee since 2010?
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: question: What types of groups are NARA's holdings classified into?
answers: text: record groups

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

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

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

question: What are governmental departments usually classed into?

question: How is NARA classified as officially?

question: What record types were used more in the past than they are now?

question: What records are usually used currently because they are the most efficient?

question: What record is the oldest type in storage?
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: question: Where are archival descriptions of holdings under the custody of NARA stored?
answers: text: Archival Research Catalog (ARC)

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

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

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

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

question: In what year was the ARC created?

question: What is the maximum capacity of what the federal government can store ?

question: What percentage of artifacts are actually held in museums?

question: What does the government usually back up 81% of in case of damage?

question: How many catalogs sent to people each year could actually be digitized instead?
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: question: Most of NARA's holdings are available to sector?
answers: text: public domain

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: copyright

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

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

question: Most donor records at the ISO office are available to what group?

question: What are donor agreement records excluded from?

question: What does the ISO office direct agencies to do?

question: For how long are documents stored at the ISO office?

question: For how long does the ISO office also store classified documents?
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: question: Besides census records and passenger lists, what NARA documents are particularly useful to genealogists?
answers: text: naturalization records

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

question: During what period did Europeans immigrate to the US?

question: How many passengers are typically on a ship?

question: What is the farthest year you can go back when studying your genealogy?

question: In what year was genealogy the most popular?

question: What did the government start taking to count the population in 1790?
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: question: What is the informal name of The National Archives Building?
answers: text: Archives I

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

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

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

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

question: In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation written?

question: Where is a statue of Edward I located?

question: What did Edward I like to have a collection of?

question: What document was written by Edward I in 1297?

question: What documents are kept at the National Mall?
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: question: Since when has all filming and photography in the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom been banned?
answers: text: February 25, 2010

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

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

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

question: How long have there been no lines to see individual documents?

question: Since what date have visitors been allowed into the Rotunda?

question: What year did the National Archives open to the public?

question: How long ago were the Charters of Freedom found?

question: Was it difficult to enforce the ban on the public entering the Rotunda before February 25, 2010?
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: question: What is the second facility of NARA named?
answers: text: Archives II

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

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

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

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

question: Why did the University of Maryland open another campus site?

question: What do the National Register of Historic Places and NARA often engage in?

question: In what year was the College Park Campus founded?

question: What is the name of the second campus opened by the University of Maryland?

question: What college does the National Register of Historic Places have cooperative initiatives with?
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: question: Where is The Washington National Records Center located?
answers: text: Suitland, Maryland

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

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

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

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

question: In what city and state are the National Archives located?

question: What do researchers pay for storage at the National Archives?

question: When do researchers transfer documents to the WNRC?

question: What kind of room is maintained by the National Archives?

question: Who has control of the records stored by researchers?
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: question: Where is the National Archives Building located?
answers: text: downtown Washington

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

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

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

question: Where is the Freedmen's Bureau located?

question: What is the Freedmen's Bureau responsible for?

question: What  are two examples of record collections at the Freedmen's Bureau?

question: What is the earliest war the Freedmen's Bureau has records for?

question: What foreign war records are kept at the Freedmen's Bureau?
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: question: What do the facilities designated to each area of the US specialize in?
answers: text: documents of federal agencies and courts pertinent to each region

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

question: How are court rooms usually situated?

question: What is one area that is subject to government funding?

question: What areas are usually under the jurisdiction of federal agencies?

question: What type of record storage is no longer widely produced?

question: What is usually produced in abundance by federal agencies?
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: question: Where are some of the items relevant to JFKs medical treatments housed?
answers: text: Federal Records Centers

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

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

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

question: In what year was JFK elected President?

question: Where is JFK originally from?

question: Who owns the materials housed for public researchers?

question: What was open in Lenexa, Kansas in 1963 for research?

question: What did the FRC start allowing in its facility after 1963?
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: question: What agency maintains the Presidential Library system?
answers: text: NARA

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

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

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

question: What did Herbert Hoover maintain?

question: What is the system that Herbert Hoover founded?

question: Where did Herbert Hoover spend much of his time?

question: What organization was started by Hoover for document storage?

question: Why did NARA create the Presidential Library System?
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: question: Libraries that are established for other presidents are operated by private foundations, historical societies, and what government entities?
answers: text: state governments

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

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

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

question: Who have historical societies been established for?

question: Where can you go in Illinois to learn about the history of the state?

question: What groups help fund NARA to support libraries and museums?

question: What state was Abraham Lincoln from?

question: What group operates the Calvin Coolidge library?
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: question: In what year did the National Archives make strides towards making its holdings more widely available?
answers: text: 2006

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

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

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

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

question: What company did Allen Weinstein work for in 2006?

question: Why did Allen Weinstein create Google in 2006?

question: What kind of company is Google considered?

question: What is Allen Weinstein creating this pilot program to do?

question: What did Google first put online in 2006?
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: question: In January of 2007, what internet company did the National Archives partner with?
answers: text: Fold3.com

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

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

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

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

question: What website was created on January 10, 2007?

question: How many people usually visit the Fold3.com website each year?

question: What is the main goal of the Footnote website?

question: What company did Allen Weinstein formerly work for?

question: What medium did Fold3.com store all of its records on?
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: question: In what year did the National Archives announce that it would make its collection of Universal Newsreels available for purchase online?
answers: text: 2007

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

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

question: In what year did CreateSpace begin partnering with Amazon.com?

question: Who founded CreateSpace and helped them partner with Amazon.com?

question: What did Amazon.com think partnering with Weinstein would accomplish?

question: What can the public view when they go to the Amazon.com website?

question: How much does it cost to view films on Amazon.com from 1929 to 1967?
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: question: What did the National Archives announce in May of 2008?
answers: text: digitize selected records including the complete U.S. Federal Census Collection

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

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

question: What did Ancestry.com announce in May 2008?

question: How far back does Ancestry.com have records for genealogy?

question: How many years has Ancestry.com been prominent online?

question: In what year was the first US census taken?

question: What month marked the beginning of WWI?
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: question: Which Google affiliated website did the National Archives decide to use in 2009?
answers: text: YouTube

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

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

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

question: On what date did YouTube begin showing videos online?

question: How many images are stored on the Flickr website at one time?

question: Why was the YouTube site first launched in 2010?

question: What website was created in 2009 that was developed by the public?

question: What was featured on Flickr in June 2009 for creating classroom activities and lessons?
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: question: In 2011, what sort of Wikipedia addition did the National Archives make?
answers: text: Wikiproject

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

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

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

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

question: In what language was Wikipedia first published in in 2011?

question: What is the purpose behind the creation of Wikimedia?

question: What did Wikimedia want saved in the English National Archives?

question: What did Wikipedia want its holdings available through?

question: What did English Wikipedia want to expand in 2011?
context: In 2011 the National Archives initiated a Wikiproject on the English Wikipedia to expand collaboration in making its holdings widely available through Wikimedia.