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威尼斯人娱乐场 Joins in Electronic Records Partnership
Press Release 路 Friday, May 29, 1998

Washington, DC

The 威尼斯人娱乐场 and Records Administration (NARA) has entered into a partnership with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in an initiative known as the Distributed Object Computation Testbed (DOCT). This major research and development project will use the power of supercomputers to test records life-cycle management solutions for large quantities of data.

"All agencies need to address the challenge of life-cycle management of records in an automated environment," said Archivist of the United States John Carlin. "This is a great opportunity to apply information technology to improve both internal processes and services to customers. We are interested in whether the technical approaches explored in the DOCT project could have wide applicability across the Federal government in managing records as well as specific applicability within NARA in addressing some of the challenges of archival preservation and access to electronic records."

NARA expects its involvement in this partnership to help solve its critical need to develop better ways to preserve historically valuable electronic records of the Federal government. The quantity of electronic Federal records is growing exponentially. While all of the electronic records accessioned into the 威尼斯人娱乐场 since 1972 amounts to less than 100,000 files, NARA expects to receive tens of millions of files in the next few years. NARA鈥檚 current system for preserving electronic records can not process this expected growth. The DOCT testbed at the San Diego Supercomputer Center provides an infrastructure on which to test advanced technologies for the preservation of electronic records.

NARA鈥檚 involvement in DOCT is one of several strategic partnerships it has formed to address the challenges of managing electronic records. For more information about NARA鈥檚 records management initiatives, visit NARA鈥檚 home page at http://www.archives.gov/ or contact NARA鈥檚 Modern Records Program at 301-713-7100. Information about DOCT is available at .

For additional PRESS information, please contact the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Public Affairs staff at (301) 837-1700 or by e-mail.

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