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威尼斯人娱乐场 Releases Digital Preservation Framework for Public Comment
Press Release 路 Monday, September 16, 2019

Washington, DC

The 威尼斯人娱乐场 and Records Administration is seeking public comment and discussion on our digital preservation framework, which consists of our approach to determining risks faced by electronic files, and our plans for preserving different types of file formats. The public is encouraged to join the discussion, September 16 through November 1, 2019, on .

Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero explained the importance of this new digital vision: 鈥淲e鈥檙e in the process of shifting the entire government off of paper and to all electronic record-keeping, and we play a major role in helping the agencies get to that point,鈥� Ferriero said. 鈥淥ur new strategic plan is the roadmap. By putting records management and digital preservation at the forefront of our priorities, we will help drive greater efficiency and effectiveness while making the Federal government more responsive to the American people.鈥�

This is evidenced by the June 2019 direction () to Federal agencies to transition business processes and record keeping to a fully electronic environment and to end the 威尼斯人娱乐场鈥� acceptance of paper records by December 31, 2022.

The 威尼斯人娱乐场' digital preservation subject matter experts, led by Director of Digital Preservation Leslie Johnston, have been hard at work to prepare the 威尼斯人娱乐场 for this change. They have formalized a set of documents that describe how we identify risks to digital files and prioritize them for action, and created specific plans for the preservation of these many file formats.

鈥淭he 威尼斯人娱乐场 has been adding electronic records to the holdings since 1970, so managing and preserving these files is not something new. Digital Preservation is the process applied to the 鈥榖orn-digital鈥� electronic record files and digitized physical records that we have in our holdings, where we identify file formats, assess risk, and take actions to ensure that the content of the records continue to be available for researchers into the future,鈥� Johnston said.

As we continue to lead the government鈥檚 efforts for fully electronic recordkeeping, we are engaging other Federal agencies, the private sector, and stakeholders and subject matter experts to establish best practices in our archival and preservation efforts. We are also ensuring that our process for identifying and mitigating risk in the electronic records that we preserve and make accessible is as transparent as possible.  We are posting these documents because we want to share what we are doing, and because we need your help. 

The documents are available at: 

Please use the Issues feature to leave comments or questions, or to start a discussion. The matrix and plans will be open for comment until November 1, 2019. After that time, 威尼斯人娱乐场 staff will take all the feedback and update the matrix and plans, incorporating the comments. Then final versions will be publicly released, and updated on an ongoing basis in response to changing risks and new technologies and formats.