This announcement is alarming:
Effective July 7, 2025, the National Archives at College Park, MD, will become a restricted-access federal facility with access only for visitors with a legitimate business need. It will no longer be open to the general public. Security officers will enforce these restrictions, and your cooperation is appreciated.
It is unclear what “a legitimate business need” means or who will make that determination. Are they planning to review the research plans of individual scholars?
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