Retention policy needed for public agencies’ text messages

In June 2016, NJFOG wrote to the State’s Records Management Services Bureau / Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (RMS/DORES), formerly known as the Division of Archives and Records Management (DARM), to inquire if a retention policy existed for text messages, similar to that for emails, sent and received in the course of government business. Read More …

Thirty-day retention limit established for government video surveillance recordings

December 28, 2015 NJ Open Government Notes by John Paff At its September 17, 2015 meeting, the State Records Committee approved changes to state, county and municipal Records Retention Schedules requiring routine video surveillance recordings to be retained for a period of thirty days.  The requirement covers “real-time footage of buildings, grounds, and physical properties Read More …

Fairfield adopts e-mail retention policy

This is a noteworthy example of a governmental agency taking positive, timely steps to improve transparency.  We also applaud the agency’s openness to a good suggestion from the public!  -NJFOG Fairfield Township Informant posted by John Paff Sept. 2, 2015 (Slightly paraphrased below. See the blog post for a link to the resolution.) At its September Read More …