“Half of government documents ‘born digital'”

Wow, this is amazing info (pointed to by The Virtual Chase):

"Public Printer Bruce James recently returned to the Rochester Institute of Technology, his alma mater and the school that launched his 40-year publishing career, to talk about printing.

"After nearly four years of leading the U.S. Government Printing Office into the Digital Age as its chief executive officer, James recently announced he will go back to his home in Nevada by year’s end.

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"’We estimate that as many as 50 percent of all federal government documents are now born digital, published to the Web, and will never be printed by the GPO,’ James said."