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Library of Congress plots digital preservation path

The organization will test six alternative approaches, an official said.

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NARA seeks 3 percent IT gain

The National Archives and Records Administration hopes to spend $98 million for IT in fiscal 2005.

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Electronic Records funds approved

Congress gave the Electronic Records Archives program $35.9 million, the amount requested by the White House.

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NARA readies e-archiving RFP

NARA will post the RFP for its massive Electronic Records Archive project next month.

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Lowell to lead Modern Records Program

He's already been its acting director for more than a year.

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Senate slashes NARA's archiving plans

If the Senate successfully defers funding for the National Archives and Records Administration's Electronic Records Archives (ERA) for a year, the agency will have to ask for almost twice as much money for the program in fiscal 2005, officials said last week

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Archives officials: Pay for ERA now, or pay more later

If funding for electronic records is deferred for a year, NARA says it will ask for almost twice as much money in fiscal 2005.

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Judges reject Interior Secretary's claim

The panel also instructed Gale Norton to show just cause why she should be allowed to continue her participation in the proceedings.

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Agencies embrace eliminating paper

Agencies are assessing their process on GPEA

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Vendors take different GPEA approaches

Because the nature of paperwork elimination varies so much from one agency to another, vendors say it is difficult for a single set of tools to find universal acceptance

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Comment: Practice makes perfect

NARA has virtually no practical knowledge of handing e-records, writes an FCW columnist

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Document management: Evaluation checklist

To find the document management product that works best for your agency, obtain trial versions of several solutions and evaluate them using the checklist

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Taming the document beast

Evaluating three approaches to help better manage office and Web documents

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GAO sees electronic archive problems

The National Archives and Records Administration's long-term program to store and retrieve electronic records lacks several key elements, according to a GAO report

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Court appointee: Interior broke the law

Interior officials violated federal law and breached trust duties to American Indians, according to a U.S. District Court official.

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Partners sought for digital preservation

The Library of Congress wants partners to help preserve digital materials

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Committee approves records budget

House Appropriations members boosted the Electronic Records Archives budget by $22 million for fiscal 2004

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NARA, GPO team for record upkeep

The agencies formalized a deal to preserve electronic information and save the trouble of duplicating physical records

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Report: Indian bureau has bad data

Almost half of the entries are inaccurate in a Bureau of Indian Affairs system for information about building repairs, according to federal auditors

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NARA plots ambitious e-archiving system

By the end of this year, NARA expects to release an RFP for its Electronic Records Archives program