records management

21 Oct, 2022

Dispatch call on Elvis death left the building, left a mystery

By |2023-01-02T17:08:47-06:00October 21, 2022|Categories: Public Records, records management|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

A recording of the emergency communications of the Memphis Fire Department when Elvis Presley was found dead in 1977 has emerged in a Memphis karate shop and museum. But the fire department itself claims not to have the recording, which would be a public record.

5 Jun, 2020

Bill would prohibit destruction of public records that are subject to pending records request

By |2020-06-05T19:41:49-05:00June 5, 2020|Categories: Legislature, records management, requests|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

The House State Government committee on Thursday approved a bill that would prevent the destruction of public records that are subject to a pending records request, paving the way for the bill to move on to a possible floor vote. State Rep. Mike Carter, R-Ooltewah, presents bill that would make it unlawful to destroy public records while they are subject to a pending records request. The bill, H.B. 2578, was sponsored by state Rep. Mike Carter, R-Ooltewah, who explained that a problem arose in Hamilton County last year when the Times Free Press newspaper requested records, and thereafter, the records were destroyed by the custodian before they could obtain them. [...]

3 Feb, 2020

Hamilton County’s destruction of public records should set off fire alarms

By |2020-06-05T14:19:19-05:00February 3, 2020|Categories: Public Records, records management|Tags: , , , , , , , , |1 Comment

Hamilton County Attorney Rheubin Taylor refused to allow inspection of its responses to public records requests without the Times Free Press paying more than $700. His office later got permission to destroy the records being requested by the newspaper, even as the newspaper continued to press to see them. Hamilton County government has found a new way to prevent access to public records: get rid of them. It’s not really new. It’s the oldest trick in the book. In late July last year, a reporter with the Chattanooga Times Free Press became concerned that the county government was not following state law in its responses to public records requests. So [...]

18 Aug, 2014

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 [...]

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