The National Archives and Records Administration has cleared a backlog of 400,000 veterans’ records requests that had kept many veterans from receiving their benefits, U.S. Archivist Colleen J. Shogan said Tuesday in Palm Beach. “Just about three weeks ago, we completely eliminated the backlog. It’s at zero,” Shogan said during a Fireside Chat hosted by […]
A long-awaited program that allows survivors of sexual assault to track crucial evidence through the criminal justice system has begun its gradual roll out in South Carolina. Law enforcement officials and victims advocates are optimistic that this new program will begin to chip away at the backlog of thousands of untested rape assault kits in […]
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Jan. 26—Two nationally recognized experts on child welfare reform issued a blistering report Friday calling on New Mexico to take “immediate action” amid crushing caseloads at the Children, Youth and Families Department and a backlog of more than 2,000 investigations of abuse and neglect. “Some of the pending investigations, we were told, date back to […]
National Archives says it fixed pandemic-era backlog of veteran records requests When veterans apply for benefits through the VA, they often need to provide proof of their military service to get approved. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS Those records are held by the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis, MO, which holds […]
The Kentucky State Police Laboratory has a debilitating evidence testing backlog that leaves a negative trickle down affect in the state’s criminal justice system by causing delays that affect victims, their families, attorneys and defendants. When a suspect is charged with a crime, it’s common for prosecutors and police to rely on DNA evidence to […]
Officials at the National Archives and Records Administration announced Wednesday they have cleared the nearly four-year backlog of military and veteran record requests that had grown to more than 600,000 cases during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, Archivist of the United States Colleen Shogan praised National Archives staffers for the last few years of […]