A Rapidly Changing Technical Environment in Government Is Promoting Greater

Multiple Choice

A rapidly changing technical environment in government is promoting greater reliance on electronic mail (e-mail) systems. As this usage grows, there are increasing chances of conflict between the users? expectations of privacy and public access rights. In some investigations, access to all e-mail, including those messages stored in archival files and messages outside the scope of the investigation, has been sought and granted. In spite of this, some people send messages through e-mail that would never be said face-to-face or written formally.

A) Some e-mail messages that have been requested as part of investigations have contained messages that would never be said face-to-face
B) Some messages that people would never say face-to-face are sent in e-mail messages
C) Some e-mail messages have been requested as part of investigations
D) E-mail messages have not been exempted from investigations
E) Some e-mail messages contain information that would be omitted from formal writing