Reflections on science, technology, and computing — leavened by personal experience


Yesterday, I had the privilege to be at the White House as President Obama announced the Digital Lab for Manufacturing (the Digital Lab), which includes the University of Iowa and a host of national partners.

Even with an army of government clerks, there is a limit to how many pieces of paper the federal government could produce. However, the explosive growth of digital communications and document preparation has far outstripped the processes and technology available to the Library of Congress and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). However, it…