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Hillary Clinton

TwilightZone

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3. CDs have a shelf life. The consensus seems to be 20-100+ years, depending on disk type and storage

Reply to SharonClark (Reply #1)

Wed May 25, 2016, 10:08 PM

May 2016

conditions. So, depending on their data retention requirements, it might not be an option.

Granted, it's still way, way better than burning through zillions of pages of paper, but it's not a semi-permanent solution if the intended storage period is really, really long. No idea what they do at State.

Of course, finding anything in the paper files sounds like it would be a complete nightmare, so it seems like a wasted step here.

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