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Privacy vs. access

Courts debate online access to case files

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Courts mull comments on Internet filing

The public gives mixed reviews to creating electronic case files and providing access via the Internet

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Customs fails at system upgrade

Agency could not upgrade the aging computer system that deals with more than 100 million records

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Archives to scale volumes of snapshots

NARA must determine how to store and search through 21 terabytes of agency Web site data

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Army fortifies records storage

The Army has installed the largest segment of its new data storage system for personnel records

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Bill opens access to Senate data

A new bill is designed to make public documents more readily available via the Internet

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Panel proposes public info overhaul

NCLIS recommends an overhaul of the way government manages and disseminates information

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Maintaining a sense of history

Agencies told to preserve Clinton-era Web sites for posterity

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Web snapshots "prudent," Katzen says

OMB official says that some agencies have posted information that the Bush administration 'may or may not be comfortable with'

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Webmasters flinch at "snapshots"

Federal Webmasters are reacting with dismay to NARA's instructions to take 'snapshots' of all agency public Web pages by Jan. 20

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Archives asks for Web freeze frames

NARA is asking all federal agencies to take a 'snapshot' of their public Web sites as they exist on or before Inauguration Day

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XML explained

In a nutshell, Extensible Markup Language is a markup specification language that allows programmers to design ways of describing information

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FDIC simplifies publishing with XML

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has made XML the centerpiece of a Web publishing project planned for next year

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Future electronic records archives bet on XML

The survivability of digital information over time is the biggest challenge the National Archives and Records Administration faces

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National Library of Medicine prescribes XML

XML is the technology behind the largest database of published medical information in the world

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The XML files

Extensible Markup Language doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, but XML is rapidly becoming a familiar acronym for agencies looking to exchange information, conduct online business, publish documents to the World Wide Web and archive records

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XML project centralizes agency stats

Anyone who wants to quickly access and search the Census Bureau's Statistical Abstract or the country profiles produced by the Central Intelligence Agency can now go to a collaborative government Web site that relies on XML

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Info overhaul gathers comment

The U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science gathered public comments on its proposal to overhaul the way government handles information

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NARA endorses software testing

Tests designed by the military to evaluate recordkeeping software have earned NARA stamp of approval, with caution

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Online court records under review

The most personal information lies carefully cataloged in the nation's courthouses