On November 28, 2011, President Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum instructing Federal agencies to digitally archive records instead of relying on a paper-based system. This move demonstrates the Obama Administration’s commitment to creating greater government transparency, promoting accountability, and saving money. The White House acknowledges that the amount and diversity of accumulated material has increased significantly over the last ten years, with the National Archives and Record Administration collecting an average of 475 million pages of records a year as a result of new technology. The Obama Administration believes this information should be made available to the American public and therefore wants to take advantage of the potential of electronic record keeping.
