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To: i_robot73
Still, they did not (yeah, just THIS time) follow their own regs/Law in RE: computer/HDD failure. Where’s the grilling of the I.T. and the subpena of chain-of-command. SOMEONE had to sign-off of destruction, rebuild, restore, etc. Wasn’t Keebler elves coming in to save the day.

While email can theoretically be kept forever, most companies have defined retention programs that are put in place specifically to limit the scope of e-discovery in the event of litigation. There are documents that must be kept per various industries, regulations,etc., but generally, everything else is deleted in a period defined by a given companies retention policy. Most retention periods are pretty short in my experience.

I don't know the specifics of the retention requirements for IRS email, but email can be setup to make them disappear pretty quickly. I'm sure the bureaucrats would rather get busted for incompetent document retention than collusion to target political opponents.

36 posted on 07/22/2014 8:20:43 AM PDT by IamConservative (If fighting fire with fire is a good idea, why do the pros use water?)
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I would presume it would depend on the field. But, as HDD space has dropped in $$ like a rock, AND adding that Lerner wasn’t just some low-level employee, most IT/co (let alone the employee themselves) keep as much...for as long as possible.


38 posted on 07/23/2014 9:57:25 AM PDT by i_robot73 (Give me one example and I will show where gov't is the root of the problem(s).)
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