I'd usually flag for lack of hack, but I have to admit this presentation is innovative and serves a worthwhile public purpose by making the information so accessible.
Federal employees know all emails are going to be kept. It's part of their training and it's required by federal law. I'm not sure though about individual state and local laws though.
And if they were going to stop using email, what would replace it? Personally, I can't see these busy individuals doing all business over the phone. Blackberries are also covered by federal law.
Email clients don't have to honor read receipts. In fact, apps such as Outlook, have an option where you can turn it off. And I've use a Lotus Notes macro that removed them.
Yea, and I doubt that the footers lawyers append to every email mean much in terms of disclosure, but that doesn't stop law firms from trying it anyway.
I think read receipts fall into the category of "good faith effort", and not much more.
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And if they were going to stop using email, what would replace it? Personally, I can't see these busy individuals doing all business over the phone. Blackberries are also covered by federal law.
I think read receipts fall into the category of "good faith effort", and not much more.
The clever bit: putting it in a webmail interface rather than making people scroll through a 1000 page pdf and double check every header.