The big question in my emails all month has been “When does registration start for Gen-Fed 2022?”
The answer is: hopefully soon. The wave of different variants of the COVID virus and rates of inoculation have changed the dynamic this year, but it is still too soon to tell if we can have Gen-Fed in person at NARA in Washington D.C., or if we should hold it virtually. So we ask you to wait patiently with us a little more.
Updates to research room policies at NARA are found at https://www.archives.gov/coronavirus. If NARA does take a large group, we still do not know if they will take our full capacity of students (so we do not know how many yet to register if we go in person). If we are there in person, be prepared that the current NARA vaccination status rules state that researchers/students will have to be fully vaccinated and sign an attestation form. Or unvaccinated researchers/students must bring a negative COVID-19 test, see: https://www.archives.gov/research/news/faqs-research-room-reopenings.
We will do our next update and hopefully make a decision by President’s Day, February 21st. As with last year, if Gen-Fed is virtual this year, those who already have a seat will be allowed to defer to another year. Whatever does happen, we have the most amazing staff of instructors and archivists to make your learning a success.
Thank you,
Rebecca & Cinda