National Archives Announces Changes in Hours
Source: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
"An interim final rule published in the Federal Register...would amend the hours at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC, and at the National Archives facility in College Park, MD. The new hours would affect both the museum side of the National Archives Building and the research side of both facilities. This rule will be open for public comment for 45 days and, if adopted, would become effective October 2, 2006.... For research, the Washington, DC, area facilities would be open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and would no longer have evening or Saturday hours."
Obviously, this could have a serious impact on genealogists and others with "day jobs" who need access to the facilities outside of their normal working hours. According to NARA, "Research room usage during calendar 2005 showed that an average of only 16 percent of all researchers at the two Washington, DC, area facilities used the reading rooms in the evening, including those who had been there during the day and stayed on. Moreover, an average of only seven percent of the researchers used the facilities on Saturdays."
The public may comment on this proposal via Regulations.gov. (Search for NARA-06-0007 in the Keyword or ID field.)
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