About Mike Wash
Mike Wash is an entrepreneur and innovator. He currently is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). He leads the Office of Information Services, directing innovative projects and programs, and developing information systems and tools that will help customers discover NARA’s holdings. He also oversees our IT security and applied research initiatives.
Mike was the CIO of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) for seven years. At GPO he led the team that researched, developed, and launched the agency’s Federal Digital System (FDsys), which is a secure digital content management system for millions of federal documents from every corner of the government, increasing transparency and creating business value. Mike was also instrumental in leading a collaborative effort with the Office of the Federal Register that developed and launched Federal Register 2.0 last summer. Partnership for Public Service selected him as the Federal Player of the Week for his work in making tens of millions of federal documents available in FDsys.
Before joining the federal government, Mike worked for 26 years in the private sector with the Eastman Kodak Company, directing the company’s digital photo finishing equipment systems division and developing the platform that delivered Kodak Perfect Touch Processing to consumers in North America and Europe.
pat January 29, 2012 at 3:50 pm
Besides the public interest generated by release of public records, data contained in them are incredibly useful for predictive analysis, social, historical accuracy, and lately, scientific reliability in biotech industries. Rarely can presumptions be made upon faulty data, and without releasing it, the information age cannot come “of age,” in order to benefit society and industry as it should.