Not exact matches
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's press office is busy downplaying the governor's controversial 90 - day
email purge policy, saying the practice has been
in place
in the executive chamber — albeit not enforced across executive agencies — since 2007.
New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's administration — which the governor pledged would be the most transparent
in state history — has quietly adopted policies that allow it to
purge the
emails of tens of thousands of state employees, cutting off a key avenue for understanding and investigating state government.
ALBANY — The Cuomo administration has now fully implemented a policy of automatically deleting
emails of rank - and - file state workers that are more than three months old, resulting
in an effective
purge of thousands of messages
in recent days.
In a lawsuit over his administration's effort to shut down a vendor at Saratoga Race Course whose name — Wandering Dago — some found offensive, one of the governor's own aides testified that he was «aghast» to learn
emails relevant to the case had been
purged.
After legislators earlier proposed a new law to retain state workers»
emails and AG Eric Schneiderman announced he's suspending the
email purge policy, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office said it would seek a uniform policy
in state agencies and
in the Legislature on
email retention and FOIL.
Paterson said he was motivated to write his letter after reading about the proposals introduced today by members of the Senate and Assembly that would block the governor's controversial 90 - day
email purge policy and establish an up to seven - year retention policy based on the system already
in place
in the federal government.
New York State's
email deletion policy is out of step with best practices
in the Federal government,
in other states like North Carolina and Massachusetts, with good government advocates, and even with the New York State Archives's own recommendations from 2010, which stated «
Purging all
emails after a defined time period is not an acceptable retention and disposition strategy.»
In Albany, the email policy has drawn loud criticism in recent weeks from government watchdog groups as well as some lawmakers, who have proposed legislation to stop the email purge
In Albany, the
email policy has drawn loud criticism
in recent weeks from government watchdog groups as well as some lawmakers, who have proposed legislation to stop the email purge
in recent weeks from government watchdog groups as well as some lawmakers, who have proposed legislation to stop the
email purges.
In the Cuomo administration's announcement this week, the governor's chief information officer, Maggie Miller, justified the new
email purge as a cost - saving measure aimed at «making government work better.»
Capital first reported
in February that the policy's full implementation resulted
in the
purge of thousands of
emails.
Capital first reported last month that the policy's implementation resulted
in the
purge of thousands of
emails from employees» accounts.
The ball is
in the governor's court, he's the one who ordered the
emails purged.»
Capital first reported last month that the full implementation of the administration's policy has resulted
in a
purge of thousands of older
emails at various state agencies.
The New York Times noted the controversy today, weighing
in with a story headlined «Calls to End Quick
Purge of New York State Workers»
Email.»
Inbox
purge: No matter how many
emails are
in your inbox, there's no better time than now to get started on deleting.
The Sony hack targeted the
emails of Sony film executives, which revealed a side of Hollywood rarely seen by outsiders, and the decision to name the event as a catalyst for Facebook's message
purge indicates how troubling the incident was
in Silicon Valley — and that Facebook was concerned about being hacked.
The Gmail Auto -
Purge script can monitor a label of your choice and automatically delete
emails in it after a certain period of time.