National Archives seeks help on electronic records.(Brief Article)

From: Set-Aside Alert | Date: August 23, 2002 | Copyright information

The National Archives and Records Administration is seeking present technologies to preserve the government's past actions for future reference.

The Archives issued a request for information for technologies "to build a state-of-the-art Electronic Records Archives (ERA) to preserve the valuable electronic records of the Federal Government and make them available to future generations of Americans.

Building the Electronic Records Archive faces two daunting cha...

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