Ed. Department to Save Files Shorn From Web Site
The Department of Education says it will archive any material removed from its Web site during an ongoing redesign, possibly through an interactive database accessible through the Internet.
John P. Bailey, the department's director of educational technology, said last week the department was weighing several options for archiving data from the ed.gov site—including the interactive database as well as a CD-ROM that contains all the information currently on the Web site—and making it available to the public.
The department is in the beginning stages of an overhaul of the site that officials say will make it easier to use and to update information there. As part of the overhaul, the department will remove thousands of files, many outdated and no longer accessible from the site's home page. ( "No URL Left Behind? Web Scrub Raises Concerns," ...
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