Federal courts scuffle in face of digital information overload
"Digital information overload isn't just for large companies, apparently the Federal court system is having issues with it too.
This week the Department of Justice and the court's Administrative Office (AO) jointly developed a set of recommendations aimed at easing what it calls one of the most challenging aspects of its work: wading through "electronically stored information (ESI)" for the discovery or evidence gathering phase of a court case. ESI can include everything from writing, drawings and charts to photographs, e-mail, voice-mail and computer file folders."
