Archives rule allowing agencies to delete electronic records voided
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A Washington D.C. federal District Court judge ruled in Public Citizen v. Carlin that the US archivist does not have the authority to destroy all electronic records under General Records Schedule (GRS) 20. The Federal Records Act requires the archivist to review records an agency has requested to be deleted, and save valuable records. The archivist also creates General Record Schedules, which allow the destruction of administrative records without prior approval of archivist. The research and educational group Public Citizen had filed suit, claiming GRS 20 was too broad.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1998
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Format, costs do not limit right to electronic records
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The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled in The Tennessean v. Electric Power Board in Nov. 1998 that the state's Public Records Act established a broad right of access to computerized government records. The Court held this right is maintained even if the particular agency did not keep the records in the exact format requested.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1999
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