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U.S. K-12 Schools Must Comply With e-Discovery Rule

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the better-funding-for-education-still-pending dept.

Lucas123 writes "K-12 school districts throughout the US have a daunting IT homework assignment over the summer: Develop systems that ensure their electronic documents, email and instant messages are in compliance with new federal e-discovery regulations, much in the same way corporations have been preparing over the past year. The new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) are expected to be widely enforced by the end of 2007, according to a Computerworld story. '"A lack of preparation could prove dire for K-12 school districts, which oftentimes lack technical proficiency, funding and legal expertise," said Robert Ayers, technology coordinator for the Kingston, Pa.-based Luzerne Intermediate Unit 18 school district.'"

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  1. Oh yeah, this is a pain in the butt. by Subgenius · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    'Cause you need to log everything. Student sends an IM? Capture it. Board Member sends an email to 3000 users? Capture it. Sup. sends out virus infected email due to a, well, virus or worm? Log it. And, don't forget all of that inbound spam you are blocking, and all of the stuff you MAY be blocking outbound. Gotta log it FIRST.

    Of course, you also need to have an INTERNAL POLICY that states WHO can see the archive, WHO can delete the archive, and who gets to define what the
    archive is. A colossal waste of resources. And I work in this area as a consultant.

    You can thank the lawyers (and un-aware staff/students sending questionable email, for wasting your school's budget.

    (and no, you can't use E-RATE funds for this stuff, legally, at least).

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    Toil is Stupid. Don't be Stupid.
  2. mmmm ignorance is tasty by countvlad · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Jesus people like you hurt my brain. Not because Karl Rove doesn't deserve a bashing (he does), but because you, and so, so, so many like you, are utterly fucking ignorant of 1) What the responsibility of the federal government is and 2) Where your taxes go. Sometime's I wish someone would submit the US Constitution as a Slashdot article, but no one RTFAs anyways (and I guess you're the ultimate proof of that.)

    I despise the current administration as the next Libertarian, but get your facts straight about education funding. The federal government is not (and nor should it - look at how the "No Child Left Behind" crap flopped) responsible for funding K-12 education. If you want to complain about the misappropriation of funds to the Iraq War and the lack of science in our federal government, look at NASA, not the public school system.