Local government officials make use of private email systems

As former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clintonís use of a personal email account has recently come under scrutiny, Charlottesville Tomorrow has evaluated the email practices of Charlottesvilleís City Council and the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors.

Two of the 11 elected officials on these bodies advertise personal email addresses on their government website, and neither locality has made it a practice to routinely archive communications from personal email accounts.

"Having a government email address is important from an accountability standpoint because it offers immediate accountability," said Megan Rhyne, associate director of the Virginia Coalition for Open Government." It's a citizen's right to see what their government is up to." Continue>>>
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