[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 75 (Friday, April 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 19231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9587]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION


ERA Requirements Document; Request for Comment

AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of document; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: NARA is seeking public comment on the draft Electronic Records 
Archives (ERA) Requirements Document. ERA will be a comprehensive, 
systematic, and dynamic means for preserving virtually any kind of 
electronic record, free from dependence on any specific hardware or 
software. The ERA, when operational, will make it easy for NARA 
customers to find records they want and easy for NARA to deliver those 
records in formats suited to customers' needs. The Draft ERA 
Requirements Document specifies at a high level the capabilities that 
the ERA must possess. This document is available on the NARA 
Opportunities for Public Comment Web page at: http://www.archives.gov/about_us/opportunities_for_comment/opportunities_for_comment.html. 
For a paper copy of the document, contact the person listed in FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

DATES: Comments must be received by May 23, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Please send your comments by e-mail to [email protected] 
or by mail to ERA Program (NHE), National Archives at College Park, 
Room 1540, 8601 Adelphi Rd., College Park, MD 20740-6001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Electronic Records Archives Program at 
(301) 837-0740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ERA system will authentically preserve 
and provide access to any kind of electronic record. To do this, 
ideally the system would be able to take any type of record, from any 
entity in the Federal Government, created using any type of 
application, on any computing platform, and provide discovery and 
delivery to anyone with an interest and legal right of access, enabling 
NARA to carry out its mission into the future. Detailed background 
information on the ERA program is available at the ERA Web site, http://www.archives.gov/electronic_records_archives/about_era.html.
    NARA seeks comments on whether the requirements for ERA are 
complete, comprehensive, consistent, and understandable. Where 
applicable, comments should be referenced to the numbering within the 
ERA Requirements Document.

    Dated: April 15, 2003.
Nancy Y. Allard,
NARA Federal Register Liaison.
[FR Doc. 03-9587 Filed 4-17-03; 8:45 am]
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