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Must Obama Say Goodbye to His BlackBerry?
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Say Goodbye to BlackBerry? If Obama Has to, Yes He Can - NYTimes.com
For years, like legions of other professionals, Mr. Obama has been all but addicted to his BlackBerry. The device has rarely been far from his side — on most days, it was fastened to his belt — to provide a singular conduit to the outside world as the bubble around him grew tighter and tighter throughout his campaign.“How about that?” Mr. Obama replied to a friend’s congratulatory e-mail message on the night of his victory.
But before he arrives at the White House, he will probably be forced to sign off. In addition to concerns about e-mail security, he faces the Presidential Records Act…
2 Comments
Sheryl
November 16th, 2008
at 9:25am
Read a tongue-in-cheek fantasy letter to the President-Elect on how to give up his thumbing addiction at http://www.justmypointofview.wordpress.com.
Benjamin Wright
November 16th, 2008
at 9:28am
The similar issues apply in state government. On account of Open Records Acts, state governments are wise to insist that employees (including governors) route all business e-mail through a central e-mail archive and to encourage employees to take all personal e-mail to personal accounts. –Ben