Building the Electronic Records Archives

4/26/2004

National Archives and Records Administration

Procurement Approach

•Solicitation strives to define the electronic records challenge without prescribing implementation or techniques that address the issues

–Very little design specifics within the procurement documents

–OAIS Reference Model and some Department of Defense and National Institute of Standards and Technology standards are included

•Goal is to challenge industry to propose innovative solutions to the electronic records challenge

–Preservation

–Authenticity

–Support for variety of Record Types and Data Types


	•The ERA solicitation is a call for industry to propose new and innovative approaches to the unique issues NARA faces. In the solicitation we have striven to define the electronic records challenge without prescribing implementation or techniques that dress the issues.

	•If you have looked at our procurement documents you will find very little design specifics. The OAIS standard as well as some Department of Defense and National Institute of