- Records Management Advice
Issued: November 2013
(Originally Issued: September 2009)
Additional advice regarding the management of public records is available from
Washington State Archives:
www.sos.wa.gov/archives
recordsmanagement@sos.wa.gov
Electronic Records Management:
Blogs, Wikis, Facebook, Twitter & Managing Public Records
Purpose: Provide guidance to state and local government agencies regarding the retention of
public records of posts to social networking websites such as blogs, wikis, Facebook, Twitter,
etc.
- If the posts are simply copies of records that the agency is already retaining for the minimum retention
period (such as links to publications), then the posts may be cons...
Social media retention | Public Records guidelines 
