Apparently this email problem is systemic. The finding is on page 42 of the IG report, There is also a records management finding on p. 14. https://oig.state.gov/system/files/isp-i-15-35a.pdf http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/inspector-general-cites-caroline-kennedy-for-using-private-email/article/2570807 http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2015/08/25/watchdog-us-ambassador-kennedy-used-private-email The law and regulations have not changed substantively during the entire history of email. The definition has always included "regardless of physical form or characteristics" -- there has never been, IMHO, a need to explicitly call out email. This whole. "Oh, I can use my personal email for official purposes" line of thinking is inherently absurd. Yes, people make mistakes. Yes, there are situations that arise where it might be absolutely essential to use a third party email system to communicate something of urgency via email. But those exceptions were never intended to allow people to sidestep the official recordkeeping systems. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/44/3301 Patrick Cunningham, FAI List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]