August 2, 2019—The Council of the Society of American Archivists, at its August 1 meeting, voted to cancel a scheduled American Archivist brown bag lunch session focused on the article “To Everything There is a Season” by Frank Boles.

July 29, 2019—The SAA Council periodically presents special awards to recognize special contributions to the Society and the archives profession. Read on to learn more about each of this year's recipients and follow the hyperlinks to read the full text of each award.

July 29, 2019—Congratulations and welcome to the following SAA students and new professionals who have been selected to serve as early-career members on SAA appointed groups for the 2019-2020 term!

Committee on Education
Jennifer Wachtel, University of Maryland

Committee on Ethics and Professional Conduct
Jessica Rayman, University of Alabama

July 12, 2019—The SAA Council has approved final revisions to the SAA Code of Conduct and the Equal Opportunity/Non-Discrimination Policy. To read the new versions, visit:

July 9, 2019—During their discussion of SAA's Strategic Plan at the November 2019 meeting, the SAA Council determined that the organization would no longer allow unpaid internships to be posted in the SAA Career Center's Internship Directory. The following changes have been made to the website to make this decision clear to both internship seekers and posters: 

Substantial concern is being raised about recent action by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) regarding the presentation of two sets of records on their website. A collection of speeches and testimonies made by agency leaders was removed in 2017; the record of detainee deaths while in ICE custody remains on the website but is no longer updated. Both types of record are considered permanent by the National Archives and Records Administration and are part of records schedules that are applicable to ICE.