Audit Shows Records at U.S. National Archives at Risk

An audit prompted in part by the loss of the Wright Brothers’ original patent and maps for the atomic bomb missions in Japan finds some of the nation’s precious historical documents are in danger of being lost for good.

Nearly 80 percent of U.S. government agencies are at risk of illegally destroying public records, and the National Archives is saddled with a backlog of 65 percent of its records needing preservation care, the audit found.

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