HOUSE LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
Department of Archives and History
LOC Subcommittee: Education and Cultural Subcommittee
LOC Subcommittee Chair: Hon. Joseph H. Jefferson Jr.
LOC Subcommittee Members: Hon. Tommy M. Stringer; Hon. Patricia Moore "Pat" Henegan; Hon. Neal A. Collins
Agency Website: Department of Archives and History, State Historic Preservation Office, Records Management
Agency Head: W. Eric Emerson PhD
Study Contact: W. Eric Emerson PhD
Contact Email: [email protected]
Responses to online surveys posted on this Committee's webpage are provided verbatim as they were received by the Committee. They are not the comments or expression of the House Legislative Oversight Committee, any of its Subcommittees, or the House of Representatives.
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Oversight Committee
- Full and Subcommittee Reports
- Agency Reports
- 2015 - Agency ARR and Seven-Year Plan (March 31, 2015)
- 2016 - Agency ARR (January 25, 2016)
- Program Evaluation Report Guidelines (May 16, 2016)
- 2017 - ARR Guidelines (June 20, 2016)
- Agency PER (July 12, 2016)
- 2015-16 Agency Accountability Report
- 2016-17 Agency Accountability Report
- 2017-18 Agency Accountability Report
- 2018-19 Agency Accountability Report
- 2019-20 Agency Accountability Report
- 2020-21 Agency Accountability Report
- 2021-22 Agency Accountability Report
- 2022-23 Agency Accountability Report
- Annual Requests for Information (RFI)
- 2016 Guidelines (June 20, 2016)
- 2016 Completed RFI (November 11, 2016)
- 2017 Guidelines (June 28, 2017)
- 2017 Completed RFI (September 15, 2017)
- 2018 Guidelines (July 13, 2018)
- 2018 Completed RFI (October 24, 2018)
- Public Survey & Public Input via LOC webpage
- Press Release announcing Public Survey (April 29, 2016)
- Results of Survey of Department of Agriculture; Department of Health and Environmental Control; Law Enforcement Training Council and Criminal Justice Academy; Department of Archives and History; and Retirement System Investment Commission (May 1 - 31, 2016)
- Public Input received about the agency via Committee webpage (February 16, 2017)
- Correspondence
- Letter from Oversight Committee to Department of Archives and History (February 4, 2016)
- Statewide Media Release Inviting the Public to Provide Testimony About Six Agencies Under Study (February 16, 2017)
- Letter from Department of Archives and History to Oversight Subcommittee (March 7, 2017)
- Letter from Subcommittee to Director Emerson dated March 13, 2017
- Letter from Department of Archives and History to Oversight Subcommittee (March 21, 2017)
- Letter from Subcommittee to Director Emerson dated April 19, 2017
- Letter from Subcommittee to Dept. of Administration dated April 19, 2017
- Letter from DHEC to Department of Archives and History (April 25, 2017)
- Letter from Department of Archives and History to Oversight Subcommittee (May 5, 2017)
- Letter from Department of Archives and History to Committee (Aug. 28, 2017)
- State Human Resources Data
- State HR Dashboard - Archives and History (February 7, 2017)
- State HR Dashboard - Archives and History (September 6, 2017)
- Organization Charts
- Organizational Chart (1999-00)
- Organizational Chart (2000-01)
- Organizational Chart (2001-02)
- Organizational Chart (2002-03)
- Organizational Chart (2003-04)
- Organizational Chart (2004-05)
- Organizational Chart (2005-06)
- Organizational Chart (2006-07)
- Organizational Chart (2007-08)
- Organizational Chart (2008-09)
- Organizational Chart (2009-10)
- Organizational Chart (2010-11)
- Organizational Chart (2012-13)
- Strategic Plan Details (Excel Spreadsheet)
- Agency Presentation to Subcommittee on its History, Strategic Plan, Major Program Areas, and Products and Services (March 7, 2017)
- Agency Presentation to Subcommittee on its Strategic Plan, Resources, and Governmental Partners (March 21, 2017)
- Agency Presentation to Subcommittee on its Strategic Plan, Resources allocated to Objectives, and Performance Measures (April 18, 2017)
- Finances
- Department of Archives and History Agency Description (April 26, 2016)
- Agency Presentation to Subcommittee on its Laws and Recommendations (April 25, 2017)
Completion of the 2015-16 Accountability Report, by the deadline stated in the report, fulfills the requirement to complete a Restructuring Report this year for the House Legislative Oversight Committee. The House Legislative Oversight Committee has worked with the South Carolina Department of Administration to integrate and combine many aspects of the Annual Restructuring Report into the Annual Accountability Report.
In 2016 the Oversight Committee worked with the Executive Budget Office to combine the information sought in the Annual Restructuring Report and Annual Accountability Report, into one report.
In 2016 the Oversight Committee worked with the Executive Budget Office to combine the information sought in the Annual Restructuring Report and Annual Accountability Report, into one report. Since that time the Agency Accountability Report also satisfies the agency's requirement for an Annual Restructuring Report.
Agencies that have completed a Program Evaluation Report may be asked to complete this document to ensure the information about the agency on this website remains current.
The Oversight Committee notifies the agency it has been selected for study.
The letter addresses questions arising during the Subcommittee�s March 7, 2017, meeting with the agency. Topics addressed in the letter include: (1) federal and state recognized tribes; (2) Catawba Tribal Historic Preservation Officer; (3) agency�s budget; and (4) percentage of online content versus total collections.
The letter addresses questions arising during the Subcommittee�s March 21, 2017, meeting with the agency. Topics addressed in the letter include: (1) salary information; (2) tax credit programs in South Carolina; (3) fee schedules for the processing of state tax credit applications in other states; and (4) State Grant Fund.
This document addresses concerns DHEC has relating to temporary storage at the Department of Archives and History.
This letter addresses questions arising from the Subcommittee�s April 25, 2017, meeting. Topics addressed in the letter include: (1) a list of eleven state agencies that have not taken steps to provide records for archiving over the past five years; and (2) a revised recommendation relating to establishment of a Historic Grant Preservation Fund.
Structure/Employees
The documents below are provided by the Division of State Human Resources based on information the agency inputs into the South Carolina Enterprise Information System (SCEIS). The aggregated data about agency employees includes, but is not limited to, (1) Number of authorized, filled and vacant positions; (2) Education level; (3) Race by Generation; (4) Gender by Generation; (5) Number of full time equivalent employees by funding source; (6) Number of Service and TERI employees at the agency; (7) Number of employees eligible to retire in five years; (8) Number of Trial and Probationary employees by generation; (9) Average salary by payband; (10) Number of certified public manager graduates at the agency; etc.
Mission, Goals & Strategic Plan
Finances & Performance
Other Materials