Commerce Announces New Public Affairs Records System
Published Date: 4/14/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Commerce is creating a new system to keep track of public affairs records, like media contacts and important info about storms and history. This helps them share news and updates with the right people based on their interests. The new system will digitize old records and improve how they manage data, all while following privacy laws—no extra costs or deadlines announced yet.
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New Public Affairs Contact Database
The Department of Commerce is creating a new system called COMMERCE/DEPT-30 to collect and maintain contact information for media, members of civil society organizations, and the public so the Office of Public Affairs can establish and maintain contact and circulate news or updates to people based on their self-identified regional and policy interests.
Digitizing Historical Public Affairs Records
The Department will digitize existing libraries of public affairs records, including current and historical data, interviews, commentary, and storm and disaster archives, and make them searchable for research and historical purposes.
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