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Early on, one of LIA's projects helped design a group to digitize the entire holdings of the Jimmy Carter Library before the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. The Carter Group included Sun Microsystems, UNC Chapel Hill, the Carter Center, the Carter Library, 3Com, Georgia Tech, and the National Archives. The project was shelved when the National Archives backed out.
![]() | The White House Transition Projectformerly the White House 2001 ProjectA project originally funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, the White House Transition Project smooths the governing process here in the United States and abroad in countries where a presidential executive needs experience to guide their transition to governing. The program includes:
Presidential Transition Project
A projected funded from the Edwards Professorship in American Democracy, the Presidential Transition Project at the Baker Institute supported the activities of the White House Transition Project, especially those efforts at developing the Nomination Forms Online software. Additionally, the Baker Institute sponsored a full day's discussion between the former White House Chiefs of Staff (pictured at left are two Reagan Chiefs of Staff - Howard Baker, Jr. and James A. Baker, III). Their discussions focussed on preparing the White House for the 2001 transition, White House operations, and the role of the White House in American politics. These discussions are the core of a new book Nerve Center: Lessons on Governing from the White House Chiefs of Staff, published in 2004 by the Texas A&M University Press. |