Digital records available for this study area are even less as the digitized records are available since 2007 only (Beyer and Bommer 2007; Bommer and Acevedo 2004).
Some counties, for instance, do not keep digital records.
Digital records seem to get less protection than paper records".
Digital records pose a huge challenge but the most important thing is that the way government manages and archives digital records has to become business-as-usual.
However, in the developing world, official records are often poorly kept, particularly digital records.
Several technologists are already grappling with the evanescent nature of digital records.
When used properly, most health experts agree, digital records can curb costs and improve care.
Their target market is doctors in small practices, with 10 physicians or less — where digital records are used least.
Until last month, digital records suggest, the Syrian Computer Society still ran much of the S.E.A.'s infrastructure.
Mr. Prelinger says the value of today's digital records will depend partly on what the future has in store.
In recent years, the proliferation of classified digital records has dwarfed government efforts to declassify aging files, the report says.
