Since we've been interested in public officials' e-mails for a while here -- thanks mostly to an ongoing issue in York Township -- figured I'd pass this one along:
According to the Boston Globe, as quoted on the blog "Death by e-mail," federal officials subpoenaed e-mails from the mayor's office, and the Boston Globe asked to see the same e-mails from the mayor's office. Apparently a mayor's aide switched computers -- and thus got rid of e-mails -- shortly after the requests. But the city found the e-mails on the hard drive of the old computer and has posted them online.
The blog notes most of the e-mails are "extremely boring." Still, it keeps awareness on the idea that public officials who conduct public business via e-mail are creating public records by doing so.
According to the Boston Globe, as quoted on the blog "Death by e-mail," federal officials subpoenaed e-mails from the mayor's office, and the Boston Globe asked to see the same e-mails from the mayor's office. Apparently a mayor's aide switched computers -- and thus got rid of e-mails -- shortly after the requests. But the city found the e-mails on the hard drive of the old computer and has posted them online.
The blog notes most of the e-mails are "extremely boring." Still, it keeps awareness on the idea that public officials who conduct public business via e-mail are creating public records by doing so.
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