As tens of thousands of families and businesses struggle to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina, many of them will find themselves not only without homes, cars and other possessions but also without the paper and perhaps even electronic records and resources fundamental to the working of American life and commerce.

For many, the entire economic structure on which they are accustomed to running their lives has been torn away. How do you get a credit card bill, let alone pay it, when your house is gone, your very address is gone, your bank’s offices are gone?

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