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2001 FLICC Forum on Federal Information Policies
Tuesday, March 27, 2001
Preserving Our Federal Heritage in the Digital Era
Join information professionals, government officials, industry leaders, and
others at the Library of Congress for the 18th Annual FLICC Forum on Federal
Information Policies.
Forum Call
The number of publicly-accessible federal Web pages now exceeds 27 million.
How many of those Web pages are substantively revised or deleted every week?
A thousand? A hundred thousand? How many of the changed or eliminated Web
pages are maintained and preserved in their earlier editions? How much
federal information was *born digital* and is only available in digital
form? Are important historical and program information and research data
being lost to posterity because the U.S. Federal Government swiftly embraced
the digital era without sufficient focus on funding and planning the ongoing
preservation of digital information? Moreover, is the *best edition* of some
electronic information subject to the fortunes of a few private sector
vendors? Have any agencies dealt effectively with these issues?
FLICC Forum 2001 will focus on the unprecedented challenges facing the
Federal Government with respect to preserving and providing access in
perpetuity to authoritative federal information now that so much government
information is available only in electronic form and, in the case of some
Web sites, can be conveniently modified by any authorized federal worker
without regard for the archival record. From the perspective of many
American government archivists and librarians, the revision of agency
policies and practices on digital preservation to meet up with today*s
reality is long overdue.
The Forum keynoter will set the stage by providing an informed legislator*s
perspective on the importance of preservation and access for federal digital
information. Then the government agencies with the primary responsibility
for federal policies and practices will report on the current state of
policy--as well as practice--in the three branches of government. In the
afternoon, Forum participants will take a look at digital archiving projects
and practices in the private sector, in other nations, and in selected
government agencies.
The U.S. Federal Government is risking the loss of important historical,
policy and technical information by treating Web pages as temporary (even
ephemeral), by avoiding the complex and costly job of migrating important
electronic information to new media, and by failing to assure the continued
availability of value-added electronic federal data now subject to the
business decisions of its private sector proprietors. If agencies do not
start owning their responsibilities in this area and if legislators do not
provide funding to support these efforts, the country may lose a whole
generation*s worth of the public record. Join archivists, historians,
government executives, legislators, scientists, online services vendors and
others as they update each other on the current state of the issue and
grapple with a plan for the future.
Date
Tuesday, March 27, 2001
Time
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.)
Place
Mumford Room, Sixth Floor, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 1st and
Independence Avenue, S.E., Washington, D.C. (There is no entrance to the
Library of Congress prior to 8:30 a.m.)
Metro
Capitol South Station (Blue and Orange Lines)
Registration
$150--FEDLINK members
$160--Federal non-FEDLINK members
$175--Non-Federal registrants
Fees include refreshments and resource packet.
Visit the FLICC Educational Programs Web site at
http://lcweb.loc.gov/flicc/mmeduc.html to register online.
(FLICC cannot accept personal checks from federal employees in payment for
Forum registration. FLICC and its network, FEDLINK, offer training to
federal employees under the authority of the Economy Act and the Government
Employee Training Act. For additional registration or payment information
call the FLICC Public Events Specialist (202) 707-4822.)
Information
Call FLICC (202) 707-4800 for more information.
ADA accommodations will be provided if requested five (5) business days in
advance. Please contact (202) 707-4800 or ADA@loc.gov.
Agenda
9:00 - 9:30
Welcome and Awards Ceremony
* James H. Billington, The Librarian of Congress and Chair, FLICC
* Susan M. Tarr, Executive Director, FLICC, Library of Congress (LC)
----Federal Librarian of the Year
----Federal Library Technician of the Year
----Federal Library/Information Center of the Year
9:30 - 9:40
Introductory Remarks
* Dr. Billington
9:40 - 10:10
Keynote: Permanent Public Access to Federal Information in the 21st Century
* Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)--Chairman, Appropriations Committee and
Vice Chairman, Joint Committee on the Library
10:10 - 10:25
Break
10:25 - 11:45
The Roles of Central Federal Agencies in Creating the Government's Digital
Archive
* National Archives and Records Administration--Lewis Bellardo, Deputy
Archivist of the United States
* Library of Congress--Laura Campbell, Associate Librarian for Strategic
Initiatives
* Government Printing Office--Francis Buckley, Superintendent of Documents
* Office of Management and Budget--Brooke Dickson, Policy Analyst,
Information Policy and Technology Branch
11:45 - 12:00
Questions and Answers
12:00 - 1:30
Lunch
1:30 - 1:50
Preservation of Proprietary Value-Added Databases of Federal Information
* Steven Emmert, Director, Government & Industry Affairs, Lexis-Nexis
1:50 - 2:15
Digital Preservation: An International Perspective
* Gail Hodge, Senior Information Specialist, Information International
Associates, Inc.
2:15 - 2:30
Questions and Answers
2:30 - 2:45
Break
2:45 - 3:45
Digital Archiving Policies/Programs at Selected Federal Agencies
* Department of Agriculture--Pam André, Director, National Agricultural
Library
* National Library of Medicine--Margaret Byrnes, Head, Preservation and
Collection Management Section
* National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Milton Halem, Goddard
Assistant Director for Information Sciences
3:45 - 3:55
Questions and Answers
3:55 - 4:00
Wrap Up
* Susan M. Tarr