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NARA Chooses Lockheed Martin for Digital Records SystemArchivist of the United States Allen Weinstein announced September 8 the awarding of a $308-million, six-year contract to Lockheed Martin to design a system to preserve the federal government’s electronic records.Lockheed was chosen over the Harris Corporation after a year-long design competition. Weinstein noted that the National Archives and Records Administration was impressed by Lockheed’s “ability to design a system which addresses in considerable depth NARA’s business needs, on the one hand, and on the other hand, a system that entails a modern, service-oriented architecture.” In addition to preserving digital records regardless of format, the Electronic Records Archives program will ensure hardware and software independence and provide access for federal officials and the American public. NARA hopes to have the system in place by 2011, the Associated Press reported September 8. “Today, we act on behalf not only of archivists, but of all Americans of the 21st century who will use the electronic records being created by the federal government, today and tomorrow, to research, write, and understand the history of our times,” Weinstein said. He added that ERA’s goal is “clear and simple: a system that accepts, preserves, and makes accessible—far into the future—any type of electronic document.” Posted September 9, 2005. |
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