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GPO Chief Information Officer Wash led a team that researched, developed and executed the Federal Digital System (FDsys), which was launched in 2009. It replaced GPO Access, which was the clearinghouse for federal data since 2004, and represents the government's bid to remake the nation's documents for a Gov 2.0 world.
Public Printer Robert C. Tapella has called the FDsys "a world-class information management system" that provides the public with a one-stop web site containing digital government documents. As of summer 2009, it contained over 160,000 digital documents.
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Wash received his BSSE degree from Purdue University in 1977.
In 1973, Wash first joined Eastman Kodak Company. He would work at the company for 26 years, eventually becoming the general manager of digital photo-finishing systems. As general manager, Wash directed more than $2 billion in service revenue. He was responsible for developing the system to deliver Kodak perfect touch processing for the consumer photo market in North America and Europe.
The GPO has existed as the primary dissemenator of government documents since 1895, and Tappella, the current public printer, says its challenges are "not much different than the disarray in the cataloging, distribution and storage of electronic documents we all face today. There is a solution for this electronic disarray - and we call it: e-lifecycle management."
In order to tackle the problems of authenticating and preserving public documents in the digital world, the GPO replaced its former archiving system, GPO Access,with FDsys, in 2009.
Wash works closely with Robert C. Tappella, who as the public printer is head of GPO.
- Government Printing Office bio for Mike Wash
- Government Printing Office 2004 Annual Report
- GPO Web site,"GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys): Open and Transparent Government," Prepared Remarks by Robert C. Tapella, July 27, 2009
- "GPO Taps Inventor of the Year to Lead the Office of Innovation and New Technology," GPO press release, July 21, 2004
- Call for Nominations by the Intellectual Property Owners Association
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