ARRB resource page added

[First posted on May 17, 2018, at rgr-cyt.org.]

I have finally put together a webpage to hold all of the lists and links I have been using in my posts on the Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB). In addition, I have also started to add material from other websites as well.…

“Missing” RIFs at NARA

[First posted on April 28, 2018, at rgr-cyt.org.]

It was difficult to come up with a snappy title for this post. Scare quotes around the word missing are a compromise. Otherwise it was something like “RIF forms that were completed but not included in NARA’s on-line database of ARC finding aids.”…

April 26: NARA 18, the last release?

[First posted on April 27, 2018, at rgr-cyt.org.]

NARA has come through with a new release of 19,045 ARC documents. There are many things to be said about this release, but for now I will simply put up a very important link to NARA’s JFK Assassination Records Processing Project

This page provides important explanations that, unfortunately, will probably not get mentioned at most of the websites that have been posting about the assassination records for the last couple of years.…

ARRB record notices

[First posted on April 21, 2018, at rgr-cyt.org.]

This is the third in a series of posts on the Assassination Record Review Board and the notices it published in the Federal Register. This post introduces the 50 record notices the ARRB published over its four years of existence.

In addition to general oversight powers, the JFK Assassination Record Collection Act gave the ARRB two key functions.…

ARRB meeting notices

[First posted on April 17, 2018, at rgr-cyt.org.]

This is the second of several posts I plan to put up discussing the ARRB notices published in the Federal Register. This post covers ARRB meeting notices, of which there were a lot. Federal agencies such as ARRB are required to announce their meetings in advance, regardless of whether they are open to the public or closed.…

ARRB Federal Register Notices

[First posted on April 16, 2018, at rgr-cyt.org.]

When Congress mandated the creation of the JFK Assassination Record Collection, it wanted to ensure maximum public access to the process. To do this, it decided to impose strict requirements on the Assassination Record Review Board (ARRB), the independent agency it established to oversee the Collection’s creation.…

“Old RIF numbers” at Mary Ferrell

[First posted on April 11, 2018, at rgr-cyt.org.]

This is a very technical post. It is intended for people who are seriously interested in finding ARC documents on-line at the Mary Ferrell Foundation website. Everyone else can skip this one.

RIF documents in the ARC

The JFK Assassination Record Collection (ARC) is the great repository of all Federal agency records related to the assassination of President John F.…