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Archives and Records Commission urges retention, seeks removal from sunset schedule
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The Department of Libraries and the Archives and Records Commission asked lawmakers to retain the commission and consider extending or removing its sunset period, citing the commission’s role in preserving government transparency and new digital-preservation technology funded by recent appropriations.
State archivists told a legislative committee the Archives and Records Commission is critical to government transparency and should remain in place beyond the upcoming sunset review.
Natalie Curry, executive director of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, which administratively supports the commission, told the committee the commission — created under the Records Management Act in 1961 — approves records-disposition schedules that guide agencies on what to preserve in the state archives and what records may be legally disposed. She said the commission can compel state…
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