Many of those involved in the events of Sept. 11 have done whatever they can to preserve voice mail and e-mail and even instant messages that in some cases are the last electronic imprint of a person's life.
B8 Circuits PRESERVING MEMORIES -- Many of those who lost friends and family on Sept. 11 have done whatever they can to preserve voice mail and e-mail messages that in some cases are the last electronic imprint of a person's life.
Thai authorities issued arrest warrants Tuesday for two Americans who police say tried to mail preserved human body parts -- including a baby's head, sheets of skin and a heart -- from Bangkok to Las Vegas.
According to several people with direct knowledge of the situation, Snyder's attorneys contacted The Post last week and asked the newspaper to preserve e-mails between Post sports blogger Dan Steinberg and McKenna.
There is no standard practice for keeping e-mails, Carmichael says, but, he suggests, "if it costs nothing to preserve [e-mails or other electronic files], there is no reason to delete".
In the latest effort to preserve e-mail messages as an advertising medium, three online organizations issued guidelines yesterday to discourage unsolicited commercial e-mail, often called spam.
That year, the national committee adopted a policy of preserving e-mail sent by White House officials using its accounts.
He surveyed 40 top officials and found that 93percentt of them were violating federal requirements for preserving e-mail correspondence.
Many federal officials admit to a haphazard approach to preserving e-mail and other electronic records of their work.
That importance was underscored late last year when the Securities and Exchange Commission, NASD and the New York Stock Exchange fined five major brokerage firms a total of $8.25 million for not preserving e-mail.
"Mr. Fratto's statements have added to the considerable confusion that exists regarding the status of White House efforts to preserve e-mails," Waxman's letter said.
