National Archives and NTIS Agree on the Preservation of Digital
Scientific and Technical Information
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and the
National Technical Information Service (NTIS) concluded an agreement
ensuring long term access to the digital scientific, technical, and
engineering information (STEI) collected by NTIS. Under the terms of
the agreement, technical reports and material collected and maintained
by NTIS will be preserved in accordance with NARA standards.
Preservation of these materials will facilitate access to the
historical records of federally funded research in the future.

Bruce Borzino, director of NTIS said, “This new relationship with the
National Archives strengthens the benefit of federal agency compliance
with The American Technology Preeminence Act when transferring their
agency STEI content to NTIS for dissemination to the private sector,
academia, state and local governments, and federal agencies. Under
this agreement with the National Archives agency transfers of digital
STEI to NTIS will be regarded the same as if the agency transferred
its permanent digital STEI records to the National Archives.”

The goals of the agreement are to:


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Source:
http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/National-Archives-and-NTIS-Agree-on-the-Preservation-of-Digital-Scientific-and-Technical-Information-72731.asp



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