英国政府将政府档案开放时限从50年缩短为30年已达半个世纪之久。随着英国社会日新月异的发展,滚动新闻、电子邮件、互联网络深刻地改变了公众的生活。政府及民众都认识到,政府信息和档案,无论是纸质还是电子形式,都是国家记忆中不可缺失的组成部分,对它们的保存及利用,对政府和民众来说都是至关重要的。 It has been half a century since the British government reduced the time limit for opening government archives from 50 to 30 years. With the rapid development of British society, rolling news, e-mail, and Internet have profoundly changed the public’s life. Both the government and the general public have realized that government information and archives, both paper and electronic forms, are an integral part of national memory and their preservation and use are of crucial importance to both the government and the general public .