Many new GRS disposition instructions look like this:  “Destroy when 3
years old, but longer retention is authorized if required for business
use.”  Some reviewers have criticized us for this latitude, and recommended
that we state a specific retention period (in the above case, 3 years),
then stop.  They object to the elastic clause.  Here’s what we bet is at
the bottom of these objections, and why we believe flexibility is really in
agencies’ best interests.

http://1.usa.gov/1KVwy7t
http://1.usa.gov/1KVwy7t+

-- 
Peterk
Dallas, Tx
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