State Archives Awards $5.2 Million to Local Governments and Educational Institutions to Improve Records Management
This article originally appeared in a New York State Education Department press release.
The New York State Archives awarded $5.2 million in Local Government Records Management Improvement Fund (LGRMIF) grants to 87 local governments, school districts, and educational institutions across the state to help improve records management systems to better serve the public, State Education Commissioner Betty A. Rosa announced today. These grants support an array of projects including helping local governments manage paper records, converting historic documents and microfilm to electronic records, and backing up archival and vital records such as maps, deeds and mortgages, cemetery records, meeting minutes, and other important documents. Read more...