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Librarians air frustrations
Plans for the GPO's future digital system were an issue at the Depository Library Council meeting.
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Librarians face existential crisis
The rise of electronic documents has Federal Depository librarians questioning their rationale for being.
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USGS wants to breathe life into GILS
Some feds are pushing for a requirement that federal search vendors ensure their products work with the latest Global Information Locator Service standard.
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Student tracker proposed
The Education Department wants to create a federal database to track college students.
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Center creates archiving model
The Library of Congress will distribute a toolkit to help state and territorial officials preserve digital information.
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E-records research in jeopardy
Archivists campaign to keep money flowing to NARA's grant program.
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Senate confirms NARA boss
Allen Weinstein replaces John Carlin as leader of the National Archives and Records Administration.
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Groups pitch health info plan
Thirteen groups banded together to propose a Common Framework for a National Health Information Network.
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Director: ERA on track
Officials for the National Archives and Records Administration still expect to choose an ERA team in August.
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Sandia upgrades digital media management
Planning for the lab's Web-based system started about 18 months ago because the current client-server system had become archaic, Sandia's database administrator says.
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Thompson: 'Drive technology'
Tommy Thompson resigned as secretary of Health and Human Services and cited an emphasis on health IT as a hallmark of his tenure.
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VA drives open-source health records initiative
Agency could spur adoption of e-health systems worldwide
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E-mail rules could be relaxed
NARA proposes rule that would allow feds to delete some messages
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National Archives opens high-tech vaults
Forget the musty, dusty documents -- the National Archives' Public Vaults exhibit has computer stations, plasma screens and interactive terminals.
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E-records group proposes council
Comments are sought on a draft report from the Electronic Records Policy Working Group.
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