Mudding the waters to clear things up. Records retention. [View all]

[wandy]

I really don't want to give Sheriff Joe and his Pus_eeee any bright ideas but this is after all the 'digital' age.
In terms of physical space and cost, electronic records, are far safer and more effective than warehousing paper.
It would be logical for a municipality to 'scan in' Birth and Death certificates and retain only the data.
Unlike paper digital images can easel be stored at multiple locations for the sake of disaster recovery.
Yes, this means that President Obamas official birth certificate may only exist as ones and zeros.
Naturally you need to control that sort of thing. Follows is just one approach to record retention.
http://www.asaecenter.org/Resources/EnewsletterArticleDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=27512
Each business may have it's own polices. Each State may have it's own polices. The federal government has it's own polices.
If you back up you're PC YOU have a record retention policy!
So..... If not just to wine, carry on and spue hate; why all the fuss about Obamas birth certificate.
Someplace like this might quickly resolve the whole issue.
http://www.vitalchek.com/Birth.aspx?s_kwcid=TC|1026828|birth%20certificates%20record||S|b|11494569985&click_id=675821492097318914
Although you might need to be a law enforsment offical to obtain records other than you're own.
A Sheriff might qualify for that.