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Missouri AG: Debate Unnecessary, E-Mails Are Public Record

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· Story link Missouri’s Attorney General Jay Nixon advised that e-mails sent on the state computer system are public records.…
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Missouri’s Attorney General Jay Nixon advised that e-mails sent on the state computer system are public records. His memo, sent to media outlets, follows reports that Gov. Matt Blunt’s staff did not consider e-mails public record and routinely deleted them. A spokesman for the AG said the memo was sent to avoid “unnecessary debate.” (9/25/07)

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