Access for Veterans to Records Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4816
Sponsor: Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]
Introduced: 2022-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Freedom of information
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Libraries and archives
National Archives and Records Administration
Performance measurement
Personnel records

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-12
text: 

Access for Veterans to Records Act of 2022

 
This bill directs the Office of the Archivist of the United States to submit to Congress a comprehensive plan for eliminating the backlog of requests for records from, and improving the efficiency and responsiveness of operations at, the National Personnel Records Center.
 
Such plan must include 
 
 
the number and percentage of unresolved veteran record requests that have been pending for more than 20 days, 90 days, and one year;
 
target time frames to eliminate the backlog; 
 
 a detailed plan for using existing funds to improve technology infrastructure, including secure access to appropriate agency federal records, to prevent future backlogs; 
 
actions to improve customer service for requesters;
 
measurable goals with respect to the comprehensive plan and metrics for tracking progress toward such goals; and
 
strategies to prevent future record request backlogs, including backlogs caused by an event that prevents employees of the center from reporting to work in person.
 
 
The office must submit updates of such plan at specified intervals.

action_date: 2022-12-15
text: 

Access for Veterans to Records Act of 2022

 
This bill directs the Office of the Archivist of the United States to submit to Congress a comprehensive plan for eliminating the backlog of requests for records from, and improving the efficiency and responsiveness of operations at, the National Personnel Records Center.
 
Such plan must include 
 
 
the number and percentage of unresolved veteran record requests that have been pending for more than 20 days, 90 days, and one year;
 
target time frames to eliminate the backlog; 
 
 a detailed plan for using existing funds to improve technology infrastructure, including secure access to appropriate agency federal records, to prevent future backlogs; 
 
actions to improve customer service for requesters;
 
measurable goals with respect to the comprehensive plan and metrics for tracking progress toward such goals; and
 
strategies to prevent future record request backlogs, including backlogs caused by an event that prevents employees of the center from reporting to work in person.
 
 
The office must submit updates of such plan at specified intervals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 656.
action_date: 2022-12-15
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment. With written report No. 117-265.
action_date: 2022-12-15
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment. With written report No. 117-265.
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2022-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate