New Record Keeping Procedures for State Government

First of all congratulations are in order for all recent graduates. I wish you all the best of luck. The second thing I want to share with everybody is an article recently posted to the Archives and Archivists listserv. It details an Executive Order recently signed by Governor Paterson that provides for the development of a records management policy for his office. Click on the link above for the full article.

Supreme Court Questions Broad Use of FOIA

A recent article from the Washington Post was posted to the Archives and Archivists listserv. The Supreme Court recently heard a case involving a broad interpretation an exemption from the Freedom of Information Act to keep a set of maps from being released. It raises some interesting questions concerning government secrecy and what the public has a right to know. Click the link to view the article.