Blunt: State to begin system of retaining emails

Governor Matt Blunt has announced the state will begin a system of retaining emails. A story from the AP stated:

Gov. Matt Blunt is directing his administration to create a permanent e-mail retention system that he says goes beyond legal requirements.Blunt announced today that every e-mail in all of state government will be retained automatically and permanently, and will be open for public inspection, except where legal and privacy concerns apply.

This is just the first step in open and transparent government and hopefully other public bodies such as O'Fallon will follow Blunt's lead in complying with the law.