Saving Government Tweets is Tougher Than You Think

Federal agencies should establish working groups to determine when agency social media posts constitute federal records and how to retain them for posterity, according to new draft guidance from the National Archives and Records Administration.

The working groups should monitor how agencies are retaining posts on social media sites they currently use and help agencies make smart decisions before beginning to use new social sites, the guidance said. The working groups should include “records management staff, Web managers, social media managers, information technology staff, privacy and information security staff, and other relevant stakeholders,” according to the Archives bulletin. The guidance, which was published Wednesday, is open for comments until July 12.