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Byline: Daniel Griffin
National Archives takes charge of securing Whitehall's digital legacy
' analysis
The National Archives has launched a three year "scoping exercise" to devise a pan-government service which will take on the mammoth task of all Whitehall digital preservation.
"The mass of government information that is born digital will require a single process of preservation," said Natalie Ceeney, chief executive of the National Archives.
"You don't want every government department reinventing the wheel," she added. "One core system makes sense."
That leaves the National Archives well placed to be both the standard bearer for digital preservation and the developer of a detailed policy in conjunction with government departments.
Source: HighBeam Research, National Archives takes charge of securing Whitehall's digital legacy.