[Vision2020] Close that Loophole!

[No Weatherman]

I agree with Ms. Lund. The sooner they close this loophole the sooner
the children of Democratic state senators won't have to hack into Gov.
Palin's personal email accounts any more:

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1842097,00.html

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/10/son-of-democrat.html

Unfortunately, they only found personal information in her personal
emails but they put it on the web anyway.

Come on, guys, let's limit the felonies to ACORN.



On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Saundra Lund <sslund_2007 at verizon.net> wrote:
> Let's hope this is carefully monitored in light of the evidence that Palin
> used personal email accounts for state business specifically to avoid
> official public records requests.
>
> http://www.adn.com/opinion/view/story/554290.html
>
> Close that loophole
> A victory for public access to official state records
>
> Published: October 12th, 2008 09:22 PM
> Last Modified: October 12th, 2008 11:32 PM
>
> State Superior Court Judge Craig Stowers confirmed the obvious Friday. He
> ruled that e-mails sent or received through Gov. Sarah Palin's personal
> e-mail accounts are public records if they concern official state business.
>
> That's a victory for Andree McLeod, a Republican activist and former state
> employee who pressed the freedom of information case. Gov. Palin contends
> McLeod is disgruntled because she didn't get a job in the Palin
> administration.
>
> Her potential self-interest aside, Ms. McLeod won a victory for all Alaskans
> with her case. The state's public records law would be almost meaningless if
> officials could circumvent it by using their personal e-mail accounts.
>
> Gov. Palin made heavy use of personal e-mail for state business, until a
> hacker broke into one of them. Because those personal e-mails fall outside
> the state's official archiving and retrieval system, some of them may be
> lost forever.
>
> That would be unacceptable. State e-mail business has to be conducted in a
> way that preserves all official state e-mails and makes them available for
> public disclosure as the law provides.
>
> Judge Stowers declined to ban the use of personal e-mail accounts for
> official state business. That call may be acceptable -- as long as the state
> can ensure the e-mails are properly saved and made accessible.
>
> Judge Stowers should keep a close eye on what e-mails the state is able to
> retrieve for Ms. McLeod's case. If there are any gaps, the judge should
> require the state to arrange a system that ensures official state business
> e-mails are fully preserved.
>
> BOTTOM LINE: State officials can't avoid the public records law by doing
> state business on personal e-mail accounts.
>
>
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