GPO Takes Major Step Toward Creating Digital Information Management System
August 04 2006 - 9:47AM
PR Newswire (US)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Imagine sitting down
at your computer to research a project with a looming deadline. You
need access to published Government information and you need it
fast. If you were holding a book volume, you could see where the
information originated, who wrote it and when. In a digital world,
how would you know for sure the document on your screen had not
been altered since the author wrote it? You might also wonder when
it was last updated. Today the U.S. Government Printing Office took
a major step towards ensuring the American public has a one-stop
site to access Government information that is authentic,
version-controlled and permanently- available by announcing the
selection of Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) to help develop a
world-class Future Digital System. "This partnership represents the
culmination of careful analysis and planning to specify our system
requirements," said Public Printer Bruce James. "It marks a major
milestone as GPO forges ahead to develop a robust and flexible
digital platform that will provide permanent public access to
information from all three Branches of the Federal Government."
Harris, in collaboration with GPO, will work to ensure that the
best technology available is used in the development of the system,
which will also support all content within the scope of the Federal
Depository Library Program and its more than 1,250 libraries around
the country. "After forming a concept and vision for the system, we
asked for feedback from industry experts before finalizing the
requirements on GPO's future plans to provide open, quick access to
Government information," said GPO's Chief Technical Officer Mike
Wash. "If this was a process of building a house, I would say we
have now selected the right general contractor to design a system
to meet our needs in an environment that is moving from print to
digital." Content will be entered into the system, authenticated
and catalogued according to GPO selected metadata and standards.
The variety of content will range from text and associated graphics
to video, audio, and other forms of content that emerge. This
wealth of information will be available for Web searching, Internet
viewing, downloading and printing, and as document masters for
conventional printing, on-demand printing, and other dissemination
methods. "We are very proud to be selected for this transforming
program that will digitally preserve and make accessible nearly
every published Federal document since the birth of our nation,"
said Jeremy Wensinger, group president - Integrated Systems and
Services, Harris Government Communications Systems Division. The
U.S. Government Printing Office is the Federal Government's primary
centralized resource for gathering, cataloging, producing,
providing, authenticating, and preserving published U.S. Government
information in all its forms. GPO is responsible for the production
and distribution of information products and services for all three
branches of the Federal Government. In addition to publication
sales, GPO makes Government information available at no cost to the
public through GPO Access ( http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ ), and
through partnerships with more than 1,250 libraries nationwide
participating in the Federal Depository Library Program. For more
information, please visit http://www.gpo.gov/ . Harris GCSD
conducts advanced research studies, develops prototypes, and
produces and supports state-of-the-art, assured communications(TM)
solutions and information systems that solve the mission-critical
challenges of its military and Government customers, while serving
as the technology base for the company's diverse commercial
businesses. Harris Corporation is an international communications
and information technology company serving Government and
commercial markets in more than 150 countries. For more
information, visit http://www.harris.com/ . DATASOURCE: U.S.
Government Printing Office CONTACT: Veronica Meter, U.S. Government
Printing Office, +1-202-512-1957, or cell, +1-202-441-6226, or ; or
Brent Dietz, Harris Corporation, +1-321-724-3554, or Web site:
http://www.harris.com/ http://www.gpoaccess.gov/
http://www.gpo.gov/
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