Last month, I was able to attend a technology briefing conducted by the Chief technology Officer at Deloitte.  Toward the end of each year, Deloitte publishes their view of trends that will help shape technology in the coming year.  These trends come in two varieties – disruptions and enablers.  Disruptions: Social Business: Applying social technologies [...]

I admit it, earlier in my life I had very little appreciation for history.  But over time I realized that an understanding of history provides valuable insight into why things are the way they are, and can help provide suggestions for addressing issues today. When I joined the National Archives, I used work that I [...]

Here at the National Archives and Records Administration, we have never been more excited about the role that information technology is playing in organizing, storing, and governing, and providing access to our Nation’s records.  Our team is on the forefront of unique crowdsourcing efforts with our Transforming Classification blog, along with many other uses of [...]