records retention

RSG #341: How To Audit Contractors That Control Public Records

RSG #341: How To Audit Contractors That Control Public Records

The government increasingly stores public information inside systems owned or operated by private contractors. Police evidence sits in commercial cloud platforms. Public school messages live in vendor portals. Benefit decisions are generated by private software. Transportation data, emergency records, inspection photographs, license plate searches, and agency communications may never touch a government server. Then a …

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RSG #314: How To Investigate Hidden Changes In Federal Data Collection

Resistance Survival Guide #314 Federal agencies can expand their collection of personal information without announcing the change in plain language. A new question may appear on a familiar form. A revised database may add biometric, location, health, immigration, financial, employment, household, or social media fields. An agency may also purchase access to information that it …

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