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Brigid

(17,621 posts) Wed Mar 11, 2015, 11:49 PM Mar 2015

Watching the repeat of Rachel Maddow. Wow she is ripping apart the State Department. [View all]

Apparently personnel are supposed to print out emails and forward them to be archived. Seriously? Printouts? Apparently it has something to do with them not having proper security yet.

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Watching the repeat of Rachel Maddow. Wow she is ripping apart the State Department. [View all] Brigid Mar 2015 OP

Printouts??! How is that even possible? That's a lot of paper to store. n/t BP2 Mar 2015 #1

That is absolutely insane. still_one Mar 2015 #2

WTF!? I bet good money they still use dot matrix printers. Rex Mar 2015 #3

Or maybe it's about archival longevity and safety frazzled Mar 2015 #4

I know you mean well here, but.... Adrahil Mar 2015 #5

This is the Federal Government we are talking about here Lurks Often Mar 2015 #7

I think you are well meaning too frazzled Mar 2015 #8

OK... let's go over this. Adrahil Mar 2015 #9

I have all of my important documents stored... meaculpa2011 Mar 2015 #6