Dear Editor,<\/p>\n
Who gets to define transparency vs. obfuscation? Apparently Governor Cuomo. His\u00a0decision to have all government email accounts be the object of automatic purges after 90 days or retained by self-imposed\u00a0flagging, is not an acceptable policy.<\/p>\n
Governor Cuomo led his reelection on transparency. Pulling back the curtain, we see it\u2019s an illusion. The reality is a policy, which any\u00a0correspondence transacted via email\u00a0is subject to being purged as well as originating FOIL\u2019s requesting emails as documents. We as taxpayers have underwritten a 21st century software program to support electronic communications. The action Governor Cuomo is taking is as self-serving as is the current news on Hillary Clinton conducting Department of State business on an offsite personal server outside of accountable oversight.<\/p>\n
It is ironic the policy is being invoked at a time when many who serve in Albany may be pulled into a Federal Ethics Investigation. Governor Cuomo\u2019s answer to transparency and oversight is his resorting to a more often used policy of\u00a0obfuscation, or more commonly referred to as C.Y.A.<\/p>\n
Sincerely,<\/p>\n
Florence Alpert<\/p>\n
Candor, N.Y.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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