On emails and public records laws

Government emails are treated much like paper documents under public records laws, but journalist Matthew Yglesias thinks that's a bad thing: "Treating email as public by default rather than private like phone calls does not serve the public interest. Rather than public servants communicating with the best tool available for communication purposes, they’re communicating with an arbitrary legal distinction in mind." Rebuttal from Michael Morisy.

September 13, 2016

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