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a two-year post graduate diploma or masters
What is required by the second stage in the education provisions set out by RIBA?
professional exams
What does the third part of the Royal Institute's educational process contain?
seven years
How long does it take, at the least, for a student to be eligible for the title of Chartered?
A further year out
What occurs between the second and third parts of the education process prescribed by the Royal Institute?
minimum space standards
What did the Royal Institute support in order to keep up with housing in mainland Europe?
2007
When did the Royal Institute promote setting lower limits on the size of new homes in Britain?
Jack Pringle
Who was the head of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2007?
the 1920s
To what decade did Pringle unfavorably compare the size of modern British homes?
Holland
What country did Pringle cite as having homes with better proportions than those found in the UK?
National Archives
NARA is responsible for what collection of archives?
National Archives and Records Administration
What independent agency preserves the original copy of executive orders?
The Archivist
What is the official that oversees the operation of NARA?
The Archivist
What member of NARA has the ability to declare when the constitutional threshold of passage has ocurred?
The Office of the Federal Register
What office publishes the Federal Register?
The Office of the Federal Register
What office administers the Electoral College?
The Office of the Federal Register
Which office publishes the Code of Federal Regulations?
The Office of the Federal Register
Which office publishes the United States Statutes at Large?
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Which arm of NARA handles grants?
1964
What year was The National Historical Publications and Records Commission established?
4,500
About how many grants has the NHPRC awarded?
FOIA
OGIS provides what resource for the government and public?
FOIA disputes
What type of dispute does NARA typically resolve?
FOIA policies
NARA is ordered by congress to review what type of policies?
changes to FOIA
What types of recommendations does NARA provide to congress?
1934
What year was the National Archives Establishment established in?
1985
In what year did NARA become an independent agency?
1949
In what year was The National Archives merged with GSA?
R.D.W. Connor
Who was the first Archivist at the National Archives?
1934
When did the first Archivist start at the National Archives?
Congress
What branch of the US government established the National Archives?
Hoover Commission
What commission merged the National Archives with GSA?
subordinate official
The Archivist took on what role after the incorporation of the Nation Archives into GSA?
2007
When was the reclassification program originally intended to end?
public hearing
How was the reclassification of documents in '06 revealed?
2010
What year was Executive Order 13526 created?
Executive Order 13526
What Executive order created the National Declassification Center?
coordinate declassification practices
What was the aim of Executive Order 13526?
record groups
What types of groups are NARA's holdings classified into?
governmental department or agency
Each record group is classified based on what?
documents
Besides films and other non-static media, what type of media is classified into a group?
microfilm
Besides the general media and motion picture categories, which category contains media that is not static?
Archival Research Catalog (ARC)
Where are archival descriptions of holdings under the custody of NARA stored?
10 billion
As of the end mid December of 2012, how many logical data records are stored at NARA?
922,000
How many digital copies of previously digitized materials were there in December of 2012?
artifacts
Archival descriptions include traditional paper holdings, electron records, and what?
527,000
The 10 billion logical data records are linked to how many artifacts?
public domain
Most of NARA's holdings are available to sector?
copyright
Federal government works are excluded from what legal protection?
copyright
Some records at NARA are legally protected by what?
Executive Order 13526
What executive order directs agencies to declassify documents before sending them to NARA?
Information Security Oversight Office
What office of NARA oversees the declassification of classified materials?
naturalization records
Besides census records and passenger lists, what NARA documents are particularly useful to genealogists?
1790 to 1930
For what time period does NARA have census records available for?
Archives I
What is the informal name of The National Archives Building?
Constitution Avenue
On what street is the The National Archives Building located?
The National Archives Building
Where is the Declaration of Independence kept?
main chamber
Where in the National Archives can you view a copy of the Magna Carta?
The National Archives Building
Where is the Louisiana Purchase Treaty kept?
February 25, 2010
Since when has all filming and photography in the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom been banned?
over 30 years
For how long has the National Archives prohibited flash photography?
no lines
What is an aspect of a visit to the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom?
advent of cameras with automatic flashes
What has made the no photography rule hard to enforce in the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom?
Archives II
What is the second facility of NARA named?
1994
When was Archives II opened?
University of Maryland
What college is Archives II closest to?
University of Maryland
What college does NARA have cooperatives initiatives with?
College Park campus
What campus of University of Maryland is listed on the National Register of Historic Places?
Suitland, Maryland
Where is The Washington National Records Center located?
federal records
What does The Washington National Records Center primarily store?
the National Archives
After staying at the WNRC, where are records transferred to?
destroyed
What happens to temporary records at the WNRC if they are not retrieved by the end of the retention times?
research
Beyond the storage of federal records, what service does the WNRC provide?
downtown Washington
Where is the National Archives Building located?
all
What proportion of the federal census records in existence does the National Archives Building house?
Philippine–American War
What's the latest war The National Archives Building has military unit records for?
American Revolution
What's the earliest war The National Archives Building has military unit records for
documents of federal agencies and courts pertinent to each region
What do the facilities designated to each area of the US specialize in?
facilities across the country
Microfilms of documents from federal agencies can be found where?
Federal Records Centers
Where are some of the items relevant to JFKs medical treatments housed?
public
Federal Records Centers are particularly unhelpful to what type of research?
FRC in Lenexa, Kansas
Which Federal Records Center houses materials relevant to JFKs assassination?
1963
When was JFK shot?
NARA
What agency maintains the Presidential Library system?
Presidential Library system
What is the system that preserves the documents of US Presidents?
Herbert Hoover
Who is the earliest President that is represented in the archives of the Presidential Library system?
nationwide
In what area of the US can one find the Presidential Library system libraries?
state governments
Libraries that are established for other presidents are operated by private foundations, historical societies, and what government entities?
Illinois
What state operates the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library?
Abraham Lincoln
What is the earliest President that NARA does not hold records for in its presidential library system?
state
Abraham Lincoln's Presidential Library and Museum is operated by what type of entity?
2006
In what year did the National Archives make strides towards making its holdings more widely available?
Google
What large internet company has partnered with NARA to digitize records?
Allen Weinstein
What Archivist announced the partnership with Google?
digitize and offer NARA video online
What is Google helping NARA with?
to make its holdings more widely available
What is the aim of NARA in entering public-private partnerships?
Fold3.com
In January of 2007, what internet company did the National Archives partner with?
to digitize historic documents from the National Archives holdings
What was the aim of the partnership with Fold3.com?
Allen Weinstein
What Archivist announced the partnership with Fold3?
much greater access
Of all the benefits of the partnership with Fold3, what benefited the public at large the most?
enhance NARA's efforts to preserve its original records
What direct benefit did NARA itself gain from the partnership with Fold3?