National Archives and Records Administration – Summary of the FY 2017 Request Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request

“The vision, mission, and strategic goals established in the FY 2014–FY 2018 NARA Strategic Plan confirm NARA’s commitment to openness, transparency, and citizen engagement through public access to government records. NARA’s new strategic framework adds context and a higher purpose to NARA operations, drives increased coordination between NARA programs, and sets priorities for improved resource allocations…On January 20, 2017, NARA will assume legal custody of over 200 Terabytes of electronic Presidential records, an estimated 60 million pages of Presidential records in analog formats, and approximately 50,000 Presidential artifacts. NARA’s request includes funding to transport analog (hard copy, in paper and multiple audio-video formats) Presidential records and artifacts from Washington, DC to our temporary storage facility in Chicago, IL. The request also includes funding necessary to transport electronic Presidential records to NARA’s data center in Keyser, WV. NARA must acquire and then transfer electronic records on to physical transportation devices, transport those devices by truck to NARA’s data center, and transfer the records to permanent storage equipment housed in the data center…”