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Re: How Long to Leave EFOIA Documents on Agency Web Sites



What, if anything, does NARA have to say on this issue.  One would
think that such documents are "records" and subject to NARA's
scheduling process.

On Tue, 08 Aug 2000 michael ravnitzky <mikerav@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>Subject:      how long to leave efoia documents on agency web sites
>To:           archives@listserv.muohio.edu
>
>Here is an issue that arose at a recent conference.
>
>The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996 require that
>agencies post copies of frequently requested documents on their web sites,
>in Electronic Reading Rooms.  It also requires that any documents created
>after November 1996 [?] and released under FOIA be listed on the web site.
>
>Agencies are uncertain HOW LONG they must continue to keep such documents on
>their web sites.  Apparently web space within government agencies is limited
>and in some cases they have or will run short of space.  [I don't understand
>this myself.]
>
>It appears that at the present time, government agencies have no real sense
>of how many people use their FOIA web sites, much less a feeling for which
>documents get the most use or the least use.
>
>Does anyone have any suggestions for devising a general system for
>determining how long such documents should be retained on agency intranet
>web sites?
>

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