The emergency measure seeks to ensure government communications sent using apps like WhatsApp — including those that have an “auto-delete” feature for messages — are subject to Freedom of Information Act laws and preserved in the public record.
The emergency measure, introduced by D.C. Council chairman Phil Mendelson , seeks to ensure government communications sent using apps such as WhatsApp — including those that have an auto-delete feature for messages — are subject to Freedom of Information Act laws and are preserved in the public record.last month, which found that WhatsApp is “widely” used among D.C. government employees for government communications.
“I am sure you would agree that it would be the height of hypocrisy to update record retention storage requirements for the executive side of the government, while shielding the Council’s communications from public view,” Bowser wrote. She called on Mendelson to extend the legislation’s applicability to the council.
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