Cybersecurity

Fail-safe storage options

New options promise faster recovery plus better data protection at headquarters and remote sites

Modernization

Embarcadero refines strategy

Embarcadero Technologies is assessing its progress in the government market and fine-tuning its strategy.

People

Audio archives could become inaccessible, engineers warn

Tapes and records could deteriorate, making audio archives useless, so urgency is needed to transfer them to digital media.

People

Panel: Interoperability will improve health care

It also could help the industry save $78 billion a year, according to some estimates.

People

Bush budget seeks cuts in EPA library network

Librarians say the proposal endangers scientists’ access to environmental articles.

People

Mississippi creating fund for court case management system

The state's legislature is fine-tuning a bill to collect fees for case filings that would then pay for new technology.

Cybersecurity

Editorial: The dangers of secrecy

A representative democracy only works when the actions of individuals and the operations of institutions are transparent

People

Sprehe: NARA profile reflects bad focus

The architecture document gives more attention to the risks than the benefits of records management.

People

Decrying secrecy, citizen groups fight back

More federal agencies are taking data off the Web, while citizens seek ways to restore public access

People

Circuit

Web forms: The new strategic tool; Classified for the 21st century; Car 54, where are you?

People

Official: Inefficient systems hinder commanders

Army Lt. Gen. John Vines said combat commanders in Iraq need integrated information to do their jobs.

People

NSA issues redacting guidelines

The report explains how officials can effectively remove classified information from public documents.

People

DHS helps DOJ with case management systems

The departments want to create a Consolidated Enforcement Environment to improve information sharing, DHS' CIO said.

People

Web helps librarians find digitized documents

The Government Printing Office has launched an online registry that will serve as a locator tool for identifying federal document collections that are being digitized.

People

University to help create database of mine maps

The Pennsylvania Bureau of Deep Mine Safety is teaming with Indiana University of Pennsylvania in hopes of ensuring miners' safety.

People

Mission Impossible: Printing in the Digital Age

GPO faces a mission that it has no choice but to accept -- remaining viable in an era in which traditional printing is disappearing

People

Study: EHR adoption will miss goal

A study concludes that it might take a decade longer than Bush envisioned to have e-health records for most Americans.

People

Library to store records, movies in Cold War vault

The Library of Congress will transport thousands of vinyl records to an underground vault for digitization and preservation.

People

Archivist promotes former NARA CIO to new position

NARA's CIO, Reynolds Cahoon, is now the senior adviser on electronic records.

People

Web portal celebrates Ben Franklin

In honor of his 300th birthday, it aggregates all of Franklin's writing, proverbs and other resources.