January 29, 2002, 10:31 am EST
GERMANTOWN, Maryland, USA - The newest issue of GSA’s Office of Intergovernmental Solutions features an article titled “Digitizing the US Census Bureau Using eXtensible Mark-up Language (XML),” by Fenestra’s Chief Technology Officer, Steven Schafer, Ph.D.
“In this piece, I focus on the whys and hows of using XML for the 2002 Economic Census - a massive data collection, capture and sharing initiative (650 surveys, 10-12 page/each) with 5 million businesses responding. Using XML as the basis for data interchange helps to insure that the information remains accessible and transportable as Census’ IT systems change over time,” according to Dr. Schafer.
This newsletter explores how federal state, local and international governments are using XML to help facilitate “Citizen-Centered E-government,” with 28 articles from academia, IT associations and businesses. See http://www.gsa.gov/intergov
and click on OIS Newsletters.
About the Office of Intergovernmental Solutions (OIS): This part of the U.S. General Services Administration facilitates the intergovernmental sharing of experiences and expertise in information and communications technology and public administration. OIS is building a worldwide community to identify and analyze major issues affecting government in the 21st century.
About Fenestra Technologies: Fenestra researches, designs and deploys practical and turnkey solutions for highly complex content problems. Using a "triage" approach, the firm deepens feature sets and accelerates faster implementation cycles.
Core competencies include forms creation and processing, data collection and validation, complex typography formatting, and the creation of dynamic, scalable and flexible data management solutions for both electronic and paper purposes.
The U.S. Census Bureau continues to partner with Fenestra (since the early ‘90’s), and companies including IBM, ExxonMobil, and Advanced Productivity Software have also retained the firm for specialty expertise.
Contact:
Fenestra Technologies Corporation
Jane O. Smith, 301/916-8800 x 206
jane@fenestra.com