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2021
SAA Responds to the American Historical Association
Issue Brief: Judiciary Records
2020
SAA Council Statement on Black Lives and Archives
Council Statement on SAA 2020 Election
Joint Memorandum to OMB on Closing of NARA Seattle Facility
SAA Statement: NARA Exhibit on 2017 Women's March in Washington, DC
SAA Statement on Targeting of Cultural Heritage Sites for Destruction
2019
Joint Statement on Conducting Public Business in Non-Government Email Accounts
SAA Statement on ICE Records and Government Transparency
SAA Joins CoSA in Statement on Texas Legislative Records
SAA Response to Hollins University Removal of Yearbooks
SAA Statement on Obama Presidential Library
2018
Council Resolution Honoring Paul Henning and Conference & Logistics Consultants
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Council Resolution Honoring Fynnette L. Eaton, FSAA
SAA Council Endorsement of Protocols for Native American Archival Materials
Congressional Records as Public Records
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SAA Council Resolution Honors Gregory S. Hunter
2017
Issue Brief: Police Mobile Camera Footage as a Public Record
Issue Brief: Federal Classified Information and Controlled Unclassified Information
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Statement on the Value and Importance of the U.S. Census
SAA Council Statement on White Supremacists’ Actions in Charlottesville, Virginia
Statement from the SAA Council
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Statement on Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity Request for Voter Roll Data
Backgrounder: Funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities
Backgrounder: Funding for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Issue Brief: Federal Grant Funding for Archives
Issue Brief: Declassification of Federal Records
Issue Brief: Confidentiality of Private Information Held in Records of the Federal Government’s Executive Agencies
SAA Statement on Executive Order Restricting Entry into the United States by Individuals from Seven Muslim-Majority Countries
2016
SAA Statement Reaffirming Our Commitment to the Importance of Diversity and Inclusion
Information Brief: Archives and the Environment
Council Resolution Honoring Geoffrey Huth
Council Resolution Honoring Michelle Light
SAA Statement on Draft Revision of Section 108
Issue Brief: Archivists and the Term of Copyright
2015
Issue Brief: Strengthening of Federal Records Authority
SAA Opposes Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Provisions
SAA's Criteria for Advocacy Statements
A New Librarian of Congress: Qualities of a Successful Candidate
Joint Statement on Conducting Public Business in Non-Government Email Accounts (June 2015)
Issue Brief: State Freedom of Information Laws
Statement on Use of Non-government Email Accounts for the Conduct of Public Business
2014
Issue Brief: Adequate Funding of Government Archives and Archival Programs
Principles and Priorities for Planning Joint Meetings with Other Professional Organizations
Issue Brief: Health Information Portability and Accountability Act
SAA Code of Conduct*
Issue Brief: Archivists and Section 108 of the Copyright Act
Issue Brief: Orphan Works
Issue Brief: Freedom of Information Act
Detailed Legislative Agenda Related to the Freedom of Information Act
Issue Brief: Presidential Records Act of 1978
2013
SAA Council Resolution Honors Taronda Spencer
Principles and Priorities for Continuously Improving the SAA Annual Meeting
SAA Council Resolution Honors John A. LeGloahec
2012
SAA's Written Testimony in Support of NHPRC
SAA Core Values Statement and Code of Ethics
2011
Statement of SAA Representative to World Intellectual Property Organization Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
Core Values of Archivists
SAA Comments on Copyright Protection of Pre-1972 Sound Recordings
2010
SAA Statement on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Resolution Honoring Studs Terkel
2009
Resolution Recognizing ACA's 20th Anniversary
Resolution Recognizing NARA's 75th Anniversary
ALA/SAA Joint Statement on Access to Research Materials in Archives and Special Collections Libraries (2009)
Resolution on SAA's Equal Opportunity/Non-Discrimination Policy
Resolution Honoring Charles R. Schultz
2008
Joint Statement on "Qualities of a Successful Candidate" for Archivist of the United States
SAA Council Resolution Honors NUCMC's 50th Anniversary
SAA Statement on Delays by Federal Government Agencies in Responding to FOIA Requests
ACA/SAA Joint Statement on Iraqi Records
2006
Letter to U.S. Archivist Allen Weinstein Regarding Reclassification of Records
2005
Joint Statement on Hurricane Relief
Response to Statement on Orphan Works (PDF)
Statement on Orphan Works (PDF)
2004
Statement on the Renewal of the USA PATRIOT Act
Statement for the Record on the Nomination of Allen Weinstein to Become Archivist of the United States
CoSA/NAGARA/SAA Joint Statement: “Sale of Historical Public Records on eBay”
Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Regarding Cheney Energy Task Force Case
Joint Statement on Questions to Ask the Nominee for Archivist of the United States
Joint Statement on Selection Criteria for the Archivist of the United States
Statement on the Nomination of Allen Weinstein to Become Archivist of the United States
2003
SAA Statement on Iraqi Archives
Statement on the Importance of Supporting State Archival Programs
SAA-ARMA Statement of Joint Purpose and Cooperation
2002
Letter in Response to the Closing of the Teachers College Special Collections Department
SAA Resolution on Diversity
SAA Response to NARA Advanced Notice on Proposed Rulemaking on Electronic Records (PDF)
2001
SAA President Steve Hensen's editorial, "The President's Papers Are the People's Business," published in The Washington Post, Sunday, December 16, 2001
SAA responds to Executive Order 13233 on Presidential Papers
Endorsement of UNESCO Resolution on Digital Preservation
SAA Comments on the Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments in Commercial and Civil Cases
SAA Council's Response to Nicholson Baker's "Double Fold"
2000
SAA Resolution in Support of the Organization of American Historians re: HBE/Adam's Mark
Council Resolution Regarding Adam's Mark Hotel Chain (January 30, 2000)
1999
Testimony Submitted by H. Thomas Hickerson to the Committee on Government Reform's Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology
SAA Position Statement on Diversity
Resolution on the Systematic Destruction of Archives in Kosovo and War-Caused Devastation of Archives Throughout Yugoslavia
Statement On Copyright Issues for Archives in Distance Education
1998
SAA Supports Petition to Open Grand Jury Testimony Related to Alger Hiss Indictments
Letter to Senators John Warner and Daniel Patrick Moynihan re: amendment to PL104-106 to delay declassification of federal documents
Resolution Opposing Any Extension to Copyright Term Extension Act
Annual Business Meeting Resolution on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
SAA Position Statement on NARA Space Study
1997
SAA Opposition to Copyright Term Extension Act
Archival Roles for the New Millennium
Basic Principles for Managing Intellectual Property in the Digital Environment: An Archival Perspective
Statement on the Preservation of Digitized Reproductions
The Preservation of Digitized Reproductions
Copyright, Archival Institutions and the Digital Environment
Archival Issues Raised by Litigation: Challenging General Records Schedule 20
Response to "Criteria for the Hiring and Retention of Visual Resource Professionals"
1996
SAA Response to the Draft Guidelines for Digital Images Developed by the Conference on Fair Use (June 4,1995)
1995
Concerns Over the Sudden Dismissal of the Massachusetts State Archivist (June 1995)
Critical Archival Concerns and Interests in the Development and Implementation of the National Information Infrastructure (June 1995)
Archival Issues Raised by Information Stored in Electronic Form (March 1995)
Resolution in Support of the National Endowment for the Humanities
1994
ALA-SAA Joint Statement of Access: Guidelines for Access to Original Research Materials (August 1994)
1990
Statement Concerning the Closing of Archives
1976
Statement on the Reproduction of Manuscripts and Archives for Reference Service (July 1976) (PDF)
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