Over 260 attendees from 40+ federal and state agencies The latest PDF Day event was held on January 29th at the National Archives Building in Washington DC. With a record-breaking number of attendees, the event was a resounding success. PDF is a broadly-implemented technology, with many distinctive applications across a wide spectrum of industries and … Read more
The PDF Association returns to Washington DC next Monday, January 29, 2018 for PDF Day DC, a single day packed with 18 sessions in six interest-areas; Accessible PDF, Archiving with PDF, PDF in Engineering, Output, Workflow and Section 508 management. We’re almost completely out of tickets! Representatives from over 50 federal and state agencies are … Read more
Writing in Government Computing News, PDF Executive Director Duff Johnson highlights NARA’s recently-published draft strategic plan and its stated objective of eliminating paper as a medium for records by the end of 2022. He points out that PDF is not just the only obvious choice for a document records-keeping medium, but it’s almost inevitable. Even … Read more
NARA (The National Archives and Records Administration) is the final depository for the long-term records generated by all other agencies of the U.S. Federal Government. The agency has a key role in preserving the cultural history of the republic as well as in maintaining and making accessible those operational records of government deemed of sufficient … Read more
For NARA and (in principle) for all US Federal agencies, paper is officially going obsolete (for records-keeping) in 2022.
Federal agencies will advocate for cultural heritage communities in a vendor-neutral environment Berlin, Germany. The National Archives and the Library of Congress have announced that they have joined the PDF Association as Partner Organizations of the non-profit organization which promotes adoption of international standards for portable document format technology. Both federal agencies collect, and produce, numerous … Read more
The US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the agency responsible for long-term federal government records, has published NARA Bulletin 2014-004, their Transfer Guidance for federal agencies.
Adlib will host a Government specific webinar featuring Adlibs customer the U.S Department of State. Additional industry experts from PDF/A will discuss market challenges associated document archival and complying with NARA.
