How can we best ensure that digital information remains accessible over time? For example, how can new technology assist with the migration of data between proprietary platforms at scale over an indefinite time period?

Background

Good Knowledge and Information Management is essential for good government. The challenges of the digital era are complex and diverse: mimicking a paper-based model is doomed to failure. We need to develop radically new tools and techniques to support enhanced sense-making for information exploitation in the near-term and better long-term preservation and management of historically important material for the long-term.

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