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Most Upstate NY Officials Doing Public Business via Private E-mail

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· Story link The Ithaca Journal found that two-thirds of the elected officials upstate New York. use by local private…

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The Ithaca Journal found that two-thirds of the elected officials upstate New York. use by local private e-mail accounts to conduct the public’s business The story noted that publicly provided e-mail accounts are more likely to be backed up, avoiding the possibility that public records will be destroyed or deleted. The survey found similar patterns in both small and large counties. (3/24/08)

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