Chattanooga considers new records retention policy

By |2014-08-18T06:28:02-05:00August 18, 2014|Categories: records management|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that the city is considering a new records retention policy that could potentially destroy "decades of old documents." Some citizens are raising questions. An excerpt from the story: Berke's senior adviser, Stacy Richardson, said creating a new public records retention policy is part of being open and could save taxpayers money. She said the city will keep the public informed on what records will be kept and which ones should be put in a public server for residents to access on their own. A records policy, she said, is complicated and takes time to study. "The city is 175 years old and has been [...]