Agencies Going 'Cloud First' Face A Records Riddle

InformationWeek: Feeling the weight of the Obama administration's directive to deploy cloud computing where possible, federal agencies have begun migrating their email systems to commercial cloud providers. But agencies haven't always given adequate thought to electronic recordkeeping requirements. That may lead to legal problems down the road, say former and current officials at the National Archives and Records Administration, who maintain agencies need to integrate e-recordkeeping requirements into a cloud migration from the start.

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