Tod Chernikoff said "Something else government didn't do very well: Federal tax documents stored in a basement in Springfield, Ill., when the forecast was for super-heavy rains?"

Three points:

1. As to "Something else government didn't do very well...." Of course, the private sector stores its records PERFECTLY, right? I get REAL TIRED hearing that "government" doesn't do something very well, as though (a) the private does everything perfectly eaxh and every time (BP, anyone?), and (b) all government agencies do everything badly. There's an old American saying "you get the government you deserve". If all you do is denigrate the work of government, you're going to get exactly that.

2. Nobody's in a position to move a large volume of records on very short notice. Should records be stored in a basement? No, of course not. All the same, it's a very common practice in all sectors. Unfortunately, it's another reminder of the low regard in which records are held (until, of course, they are really needed).

3. For what the article is worth (and Larry Medina's comment about "99-year retention schedules" casts some doubt on that), the disaster response seems rapid "Documents show the owner of the building was already on the phone with a restoration company as the rain was flooding streets ..."

Best regards

Fred Grevin

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