FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National
Archives and Records Administration will formally dedicate its new
Southwest Region Federal Records Center in the Carter Industrial Park (1400
John Burgess Drive, Ft. Worth, Texas 76140) at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, March
2, 2007. Confirmed speakers include Fort Worth Councilwoman Kathleen Hicks,
Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief, and Congressman Michael C. Burgess. The
event will also feature a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a barbecue lunch. The
ceremony is open to the press and by invitation to National Archives
Southwest Region staff, community leaders, and guests from other Federal
agencies.
    The facility includes a 1000 square-foot, state-of-the-art electronic
records storage vault that will allow the National Archives, for the first
time in its 73-year history, to store and service temporary electronic
records for Federal agencies. This electronic records storage vault
features a non- aqueous fire suppression system, strict environmental
controls, and multiple levels of security. The new facility also includes a
high-tech digital imaging lab for record scanning and a specialized media
disintegrator to securely destroy Federal e-records.
    "The new Federal Records Center is an exciting project for the National
Archives as we modernize the facilities that house these important Federal
records" said Preston Huff, the National Archives Regional Administrator
for the Southwest Region. "This building reflects our recognition that the
format of our Nation's records has evolved from paper to a variety of
electronic media. The National Archives stands ready to store and service
these e- records from their creation to their destruction, just as we have
for years with paper records."
    The 205,000 square foot building has a total storage capacity of nearly
one million cubic feet of records. The new facility will replace the
Federal Records Center currently located in the Fort Worth Federal Depot.
The move to the new building is scheduled to be completed in October of
this year.
    The National Archives Southwest Region is one of 15 National Archives
regional facilities nationwide. This facility serves 100 Federal agency
customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. Significant holdings
include Federal records created by the regional U.S. District/Bankruptcy
Courts, the Internal Revenue Service, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA-Johnson Space Flight Center), the Department of
Energy, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of Homeland
Security.
    K/H Lakewood, LLC, greater Kansas City's oldest commercial real estate
company, developed the site. The National Archives and K/H Lakewood have
entered into a 20-year lease for the building.
    THE PRESS IS INVITED TO COVER THE CEREMONY. The site is located at 1400
John Burgess Drive (at the intersection of Oak Grove Road). The ceremony
begins promptly at 11:00 A.M. Directions: From downtown Fort Worth, take I-
35W South to Exit #42 (Everman Parkway). Turn left onto Everman Parkway
(look for the National Archives signs). Turn left onto Will Rogers
Boulevard. Turn right onto John Burgess Drive.
    For press information, contact C. Preston Huff, Regional Administrator-
Southwest Region at: 817-831-5627.

Link to this page: