Section 2-1716 - [Not funded.] Duties of the DHRAB; Public Records and Archives Action Plan. \ (a) The DHRAB shall:(1) Advise the Mayor on policy and program issues with developing and implementing a comprehensive records management program to store public records and archival records of the District.(2) Support and promote interest among private and public institutions, community organizations, and neighborhood groups to collect, maintain, preserve, and conserve their public records and archival records of historical value.(3) Coordinate and monitor all projects funded by the National Historical Publication Records Commission.(4) Review and make recommendations on all requests submitted to the National Historical Publication Records Commission for funding or assistance.(5) Assist in securing funding from the National Historical Publication Records Commission and other sources for the following purposes: (A) Supporting the mission of the Office of Public Records within the Office of the Secretary in developing a comprehensive archives and records management program for the District;(B) Sponsoring and conducting information management research projects that assist the Administrator in publishing finding aids, indexes, lists, inventories, cross references, and other guides to the records holdings in the District of Columbia Archives, the Records Center, and the Library of Governmental Information;(C) Sponsoring and conducting records surveying, scheduling, and documentation projects that will assist agencies of the District with organizing and developing comprehensive agency records management programs, and, with publishing agency histories;(D) Sponsoring documentation projects of public records of historical value to the District;(E) Assisting nonprofit organizations and institutions in the District of Columbia with collecting, maintaining, preserving, and conserving the organizations' and institutions' public records and archival records of historical value, and documenting the organizations' and institutions' histories; and(F) Sponsoring a computerized network information management project that computerizes public records and archival records of historical value of the District.(6) Sponsor, organize, develop, and host information management seminars, workshops, symposia, meetings, and other forums about managing public records and archival records of historical value to the District.(7) Organize, develop, and host seminars, workshops, symposiums, meetings, and other forums to advise and assist community organizations and institutions with preserving, conserving, and documenting community organizations' and institutions' histories.(8) Advise and assist community organizations and institutions in developing plans and procedures to preserve and conserve community organizations' and institutions' public records and archival records of historical value.(b) By January 1, 2022, the DHRAB shall prepare and submit to the Mayor and Council a Public Records and Archives Action Plan to provide recommendations for the management, custody, and preservation of public records and archival records of historical value to the District of Columbia. In developing the action plan, the DHRAB shall survey all of the District's archival records and may consult with any District employees it deems necessary for the action plan's development. The DHRAB may use any additional research necessary, including consultations with subject matter experts, to inform the action plan's recommendations. Sept. 5, 1985, D.C. Law 6-19, § 16b; as added Mar. 28, 2019, D.C. Law 22-271, § 2(b), 66 DCR 1446.Applicability
Applicability of D.C. Law 22-271: § 4 of D.C. Law 22-271 provided that the creation of this section by § 2(b) of D.C. Law 22-271 is subject to the inclusion of the law's fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan. Therefore that amendment has not been implemented.