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Texas Governor Free to Delete E-mails after One Week

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· Story link The district attorney in Travis County won’t try to injoin Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s office from deleting…

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The district attorney in Travis County won’t try to injoin Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s office from deleting e-mails after seven days, it’s current practice. The request came from the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas. The office has been following a policy of printing out all em-amis dealing with government business and deleting all others after a week. (6/3/08)

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