After several weeks of delays, the Cuomo administration’s so-called email summit is scheduled for later this month. It’s in response to criticism of an administration policy that purges most emails of state employees after 90 days.
Syracuse-area state Sen. John DeFrancisco suggests the administration just start saving emails for a longer period of time, and be done with it.
“Those items may be very important to some future development or some future issue. So I don’t know what the meeting would be about except to make the right decision, which is public information should be made public for a reasonable time,” said DeFrancisco.
The Cuomo administration says the 90-day rule has been in place since Eliot Spitzer was governor. But some lawmakers and government watchdog groups say it weakens government accountability and transparency. Lawmakers began publicly questioning the policy in January, and after it received more public attention in March, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would end the policy and call a meeting to come up with a new one. But DeFrancisco is not sure why the meeting is necessary.
"Nothing happens in 90 day to completion in Albany. So to me, there’s no need for a meeting.
Just get back to the seven-year hold period, because there’s plenty of capacity in the internet and various hardware we have.”
The 90-day policy left it up to employees flag emails that should be saved.
After several weeks of delays, the Cuomo administration’s so-called email summit is scheduled for later this month. It’s in response to criticism of an administration policy that purges most emails of state employees after 90 days.
Syracuse-area state Sen. John DeFrancisco suggests the administration just start saving emails for a longer period of time, and be done with it.
“Those items may be very important to some future development or some future issue. So I don’t know what the meeting would be about except to make the right decision, which is public information should be made public for a reasonable time,” said DeFrancisco.
The Cuomo administration says the 90-day rule has been in place since Eliot Spitzer was governor. But some lawmakers and government watchdog groups say it weakens government accountability and transparency. Lawmakers began publicly questioning the policy in January, and after it received more public attention in March, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would end the policy and call a meeting to come up with a new one. But DeFrancisco is not sure why the meeting is necessary.
"Nothing happens in 90 day to completion in Albany. So to me, there’s no need for a meeting.
Just get back to the seven-year hold period, because there’s plenty of capacity in the internet and various hardware we have.”
The 90-day policy left it up to employees flag emails that should be saved.
