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It's been quite a week in re: gubernatorial e-mail. Yesterday, Oregon's governor, John Kitzhaber, announced that he would resign f...

Earlier this week, Jeb Bush made available online hundreds of thousands of emails he sent and received during his tenure as Florida's g...

On Monday, former Florida governor Jeb Bush placed online copies of hundreds of thousands of e-mails he sent and received while in office. ...

If you know what the above means, feel free to skip this post. If you don't, here's an explanation: "CoSA" is the Cou...

Yesterday was the second day of the 2012 Best Practices Exchange, and the sessions I attended were delightfully heavy on discussion and i...

Today is the first day of American Archives Month , and the news out of Georgia remains deeply worrisome.  Two weeks ago, Georgia Secretar...

On 13 September, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp announced that the Georgia Archives will be closed to the public as of 1 November ...

I spent most of yesterday afternoon contending with a migraine, so my memories of yesterday's “Share a Byte! A Practical, Collaborati...

In no particular order, some electronic records news that may be of interest: The thoughtful and hard-working folks at the South Carolina De...

A few things you might have missed: Late last month, President Obama issued a memorandum directing each federal government agency to perfor...

Two stories relating to the management and continued accessibility of state government records popped up on my radar screen earlier today. ...

The New York State Archives has just published Ground Zero from the Air , an online exhibit that features aerial photographs, thermal images...

Local, state, and federal governments are increasingly using social media to convey important information and to solicit feedback from citiz...

Last week, the Chief Information Officer of the United States released the Federal Cloud Computing Strategy , which outlines how the federal...

On the evening of 5 February 1911, a bolt of lightning struck the dome of the Missouri State Capitol and started a fire that ultimately dest...

Last week, the Boston Phoenix published an article by Chris Faraone highlighting how local, state, and federal governments are struggling ...

Icicles and blowing snow at the Cultural Education Center, which houses the State Archives, State Library, and State Museum, Albany, New Yor...

Governor-Elect Nelson A. Rockefeller and Margaretta "Happy" Rockefeller arrive at the Executive Mansion for a luncheon with Govern...

Happy Monday. I'm not at the office today -- I worked on Saturday, so this is the second day of my "weekend" -- and I've ...