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Virtually every state and local government must be prepared to respond to open records requests from citizens and outside groups, but many agencies can only archive and search their email. That won’t cut it in this era of social media posts, texts, instant messages, videos and website content, where citizens and public officials are always connected, and the lines between work and personal communications are blurring. In August 2015, for example, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled that a public employee’s work-related text messages sent and received on a private cell phone are public records. http://bit.ly/1ZIlhdu http://bit.ly/1ZIlhdu+ -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org "The problems of our economy have occurred not as an outgrowth of laissez-faire, unbridled competition. They have occurred under the guidance of federal agencies, and under the umbrella of federal regulations." Senator Ted Kennedy, in defending trucking deregulation in 1978. Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra