Now the search has begun for software that can help them turn databases, World Wide Web sites, library materials, policy memos -- even data about the expertise of agency employees -- into more than bits in a machine.

• 现在（他们）已开始寻找一种软件，以帮助他们把数据库、万维网站、库材料、政策备忘录（甚至有关雇员技能的数据）变得比机器中比特更有用。