The state needs to have a legitimate purpose in establishing regulations in order to avoid the appearance of intrusiveness anything to be promulgated must have meaning. The technology is just too new. This is an important area of work. We need to be careful that the process does not get ahead of the learning curve of the public officials that have to administer the result. Different officials and offices have different needs.
Local officials don t want to be forced into using technologies.
He suggested trying pilot projects to show how the process will be implemented. They expressed appreciation at the efforts so far to deal with a difficult subject. No one will be forced to use digital media. The state is trying to give agencies tools if they wish to use them. Access is the key in any e-mail repository.