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> Government Policy on Archives: Action Plan Consultation Period Begins > > HAVE YOUR SAY ON THE OUTCOME > As you will be aware, the Government Policy on Archives (Cm 4516), > published in December 1999, is the first time that Government Departments > with responsibility for archives have come together, through the United > Kingdom Inter-Departmental Archives Committee (IDAC), and produced an > agreed statement of archives policy. The Policy is intended to highlight > the contribution which archives can make to the achievement of some of the > Government's major policy objectives. It can be down loaded from the > following web site reference: > > http://www.pro.gov.uk/archives/archivepolicy/default.htm > > To take forward this important policy statement, the Departments and > expert advisors represented on IDAC recommended that an accompanying > Action Plan should be developed in order to implement the key objectives > contained in the Policy. This Action Plan has now been drafted and is > being circulated to the archive community and other key stakeholders for a > twelve week consultation period. > > The Public Record Office has lead responsibility on behalf of the > Lord Chancellor on this and would value any comments on the Action Plan. > The full text of the Action Plan can be downloaded from the PRO website > (http://www.pro.gov.uk/archives/actionplan). Comments can be emailed to > the PRO ([log in to unmask]). Alternatively, written comments can be > directed to: Dr Mark Jarvis, Central Management Department, Public Record > Office, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU. > > Any individual or organisation commenting on the draft Plan will > receive a full response as well as a copy of the final Plan. It is > expected that the Action Plan will be agreed and ready for distribution in > the late spring of 2001. > > The consultation period is due to end on 28 February 2001. > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------