February 4, 2022—Responding to recent media reports, SAA President Courtney Chartier with the assistance of the Committee on Public Policy yesterday sent the following letter to the editors of the Washington Post, New York Times, Politico, The Hill, and Chicago Tribune:

Ripped-Up Government Records and the Critical Role of the National Archives

The Society of American Archivists’ (SAA) Committee on Research, Data, and Assessment (CORDA) is excited to launch the revitalized Facts+Figures (F+F) microsite. F+F is designed to provide users with quick and simple access to information resources important to archivists and their constituencies.

Read the latest issue of Archival Outlook! The January/February issue highlights several unique exhibits: Phillip MacDonald uses virtual reality to develop an architectural exhibit at North Carolina State University, Katie Sutrina-Haney’s exhibit emphasizes the gaps in collections from underrepresented communities at Indiana State University, and Katherine Barbera and Kathleen Donahoe's exhibit at Carnegie

January 26, 2022—The Society of American Archivists (SAA) is North America's oldest and largest national professional association dedicated to the needs and interests of archives and archivists.

January 21, 2022—A recent change has been made to the 2022 SAA election ballot. Due to unforeseen circumstances, candidate for Council Itza Carbajal has chosen to step out of the election.

The Nominating Committee has now confirmed Joyce Gabiola (Lambda Archives of San Diego) as a candidate for the SAA Council. See the new, complete slate for the 2022 election below. Information about each candidate will be posted to the SAA website in late February.

January 19, 2022—The SAA Council seeks member comment by February 4 on a new draft of the SAA Strategic Plan Dashboard for fiscal years 2023–2025.

The Council began review of the dashboard in fall 2021, per the established regular strategic planning cycle. This proposed draft consolidates significant updates from the current FY 2020–2022 dashboard as well as incorporating new actions and activities, most notably from the recent SAA Work Plan on DEIA.

On January 18, 2022, the sixth annual US National Day of Racial Healing, the American Library Association (ALA), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and the Society of American Archivists (SAA) call upon our collective memberships—comprised of several hundred thousand archivists, librarians, and other information professionals, and thousands of libraries and archives of all kinds—to observe the