Centers Information Processing System (CIPS)
Instructional Information
Federal agencies can request the return of their records, excluding official personnel folders and employee medical folders, from Regional Records Services facilities and from the Washington National Records Center (WNRC), Suitland, Maryland, via the World Wide Web or dial-out modem, using NARA's Centers Information Processing System (CIPS). Records are normally mailed within 24 hours of receipt of an agency's request. Overnight service, at agency expense, can be arranged. This service is not available to the public.
- Federal agencies may secure a user ID and password from their CIPS administrator. Please read the rules for creating and changing passwords.
- Set up a computer for modem access and request the return of records according to the instructions contained in the CIPS Users Manual.
- Use a current web browser to follow a link to instructions for the web version of the CIPS system and to request records from storage at NARA Records Centers.
A user ID and password must be issued to each user before CIPS can be accessed. To register users, send a request to the CIPS administrator at the appropriate regional records services facility or the WNRC.
- Atlanta
Mark Blazer at 404-736-2853, or mark.blazer@nara.gov - Boston
Elaine Dorion at 781-663-0131, or elaine.dorion@nara.gov - Chicago
Jimmie Greenlee at 773-948-9033, or jimmie.greenlee@nara.gov - Dayton
Kathy Wells at 937-425-0656, or pamela.bullock@nara.gov - Dayton-Miamisburg (Kingsridge Drive)
Pamela Bullock at 937-425-0603, or pamela.bullock@nara.gov - Denver
Genola Smith at 303-407-5762, or genola.smith@nara.gov - Fort Worth
Barry Drennon at 817-551-2006 or barry.drennon@nara.gov - Lenexa
Sean Murphy at 816-268-8149, or sean.murphy@nara.gov - Riverside, California
Michael Kretch at 951-956-2015, or michael.kretch@nara.gov - Lee's Summit, Missouri
Sean Murphy at 816-268-8149, or sean.murphy@nara.gov - Philadelphia
Kim Parker at 215-305-2013, or kim.parker@nara.gov - Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Jean Kubica at 413-236-3603, or jean.kubica@nara.gov - San Francisco
William Stanley at 650-238-3470 or william.stanley@nara.gov - Seattle
Patrick Weigel at 206-336-5129, or patrick.weigel@nara.gov - St. Louis
- Military Personal records Center:
Gloria Grouzos, 314-801-9141, or gloria.grouzos@nara.gov - Civilian Personnel Records Center:
Richard Townsend at 314-801-9223, or richard.townsend@nara.gov
- Military Personal records Center:
- Suitland, Maryland
Michael Whitted at 301-778-1567, or mike.whitted@nara.gov
- Remapped PCPlus keyboard files for CIPS access via modem
- Keyboard instructions for other modem communications software.