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In reply to the discussion: After all the fuss, turns out Hillary's servers did a better job preserving emails [View all]pnwmom
(110,263 posts)without the anti-Hillary spin.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/14/us/politics/vague-email-rules-let-federal-agencies-decide-when-to-hit-save-or-delete.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0
Vague Email Rules Let Federal Agencies Decide When to Hit Save or Delete
Members of President Obamas cabinet have a wide variety of strategies, shortcuts and tricks for handling their email, and until three months ago there was no law setting out precisely what they had to do with it, and when. And while the majority of Obama administration officials use government email to conduct their business, there has never been any legal prohibition against using a personal account.
Hillary Rodham Clintons disclosure that she exclusively used a private email address while she was secretary of state and later deleted thousands of messages she deemed personal opens a big picture window into how vague federal email guidelines have been for the most senior government leaders.
Although the White House has strict requirements dating back two decades that every email must be saved, there is no such requirement for federal agencies. Instead they are in charge of setting their own policies for determining which emails constitute government records worthy of preservation and which ones may be discarded.
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