Some public info destroyed

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October 2, 2008

[edit] Some public info destroyed

"Without any official guidance from the state, some local governments are destroying untold numbers of public documents by hitting the "delete" key.

The Local Government Records Committee, an obscure committee of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History that sets rules on government recordkeeping, held a special hearing Wednesday to discuss how local governments should deal with electronic documents, especially e-mail.

The committee adjourned without making a decision, and some members are concerned rules on preserving e-mail could unfairly burden small governments."

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