fiy... Cathy Hall Grand Island, NY TNGenWeb Bradley County http://www.tngennet.org/bradley Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Bradley Mail List: TNBRADLE-L-request@rootsweb.com TNGenWeb Polk County http://www.tngennet.org/polk Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Polk Mail List TNPOLK-L-request@rootsweb.com USGenNet-- http://www.usgennet.org ----- Original Message ----- <forwards removed> To: <undisclosed-recipients:;> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 11:43 PM Subject: [KnoxCoTN] NARA PRICES GOING UP > From another list: > > > From Jack Brissee, Chair, FGS/NGS Records Preservation and Access > Committee: > > Subject: re: Cost of Military Records Going Up (NARA Statement) > > There have been postings on a number of mail lists recently about an > increase in the fees the National Archives and Records Administration > (NARA) charges for copies of compiled military service records and > pension records. While NARA is considering a change to the fee structure > for these documents, the information that has been posted is both > premature and somewhat inaccurate. The Records Preservation and Access > Committee, a joint endeavor of the Federation of Genealogical Societies > and the National Genealogical Society, has contacted NARA officials for > clarification. The following is the "official NARA statement" issued in > response to our inquiry: > > -Begin NARA Statement: The National Archives and Records Administration > (NARA) will be issuing a proposed rule within the next few weeks that > will revise fees for reproduction, including the "fixed-fee" orders in > the NATF 80 series. The proposed rule will have a 60-day public comment > period, during which time we will actively seek the comments of the > user community. > > The proposed rule is presently undergoing internal government review. > When it is released for publication in the Federal Register, NARA will > notify the national genealogical organizations and post a copy of the > proposed rule on its web site. The message will include the exact URL > and the address for sending comments. -End NARA Statement- > > The Records Preservation and Access Committee will continue to monitor > this proposal, and will post relevant information on the Records > Preservation and Access pages of the Federation of Genealogical > Societies' Web site (http:www.fgs.org) when it is available. > > Please feel free to forward this posting to other mail lists on which > the original posting may have appeared. > > Jack Brissee Chair, FGS/NGS Records Preservation and Access Committee