Keepers of the Public Record

March 21, 2006 9:31 PM

Ten guiding principles for policy and practice in maintaining the public record as a public trust are: [+] [via]
posted by mlis (2 comments total)

Was there supposed to be [more inside]?

Regardless, it's an interesting set of suggestions, but from the viewpoint of an (only moderately) concerned consumer in terms of privacy, I thought point #1 about the gov't classifying too many documents got short shrift. I mean, I know it was point number one, but it seems like maybe is could have used more than two sentences to do it justice.

Anyway, thanks for the links.
posted by OmieWise at 11:26 AM on March 22, 2006

Maybe I missed it, but what about open formats, and migration from one storage medium to another to keep things readable? There is no long-term viability in digital records if they're proprietary or vulnerable to obsolescence of the tech.
posted by jam_pony at 2:28 PM on March 22, 2006